(Reportedly) loosely based on Dostoevsky's short story "White Nights" (1848).
A young man with suicidal tendencies meets an attractive young woman who lives next door to him. She is having an affair with a married man. Concurrently to all that, the young man's parents try to set him up with another young woman, whose family is about to become entangled with his in a businesslike fashion.
Genetic tests motivates break-ups, and one is either "bipolar" or "attention-deficit" afflicted. Talented filmmaker Gray remains interesting in this, though not as much, perhaps, as in his previous one, the superb We Own the Night. Both films (and also Little Odessa and The Yards) are about the weight of families on individuals, and about other things too. The musical score is good. Phoenix gives a superb, fully convincing performance.
Rating: 68
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