The Battle of Shaker Heights

After the movie scored poorly at a test screening, Miramax vice president Rick Schwartz bullied directors Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin into playing up the comedic elements and soft-pedaling the family drama.

The film is well-acted and looks good, but it's so inconsequential and bland that you wonder what was it about the script that made anyone think it would make an interesting movie.

It's too much going on, but I think that as was the case with Stolen Summer, the actors rise above the material and make it worth seeing.

Does anyone in this film actually care about anyone beyond themselves?