Colangelo's directing style is both precise and unostentatious. Here, she has given us a film which is unabashedly full of heart without ever veering on the needlessly sentimental.

You won't find a larger critique of the litigious nature of American society here, nor even the full story of the fund, but no matter. What's there is gripping and thoughtful, with outstanding work by Keating, Tucci and Ryan.

Watching the bureaucracy shift from a source of frustration to comfort gives the film its arresting tension.

Ultimately, like its protagonist, Worth can’t quite reconcile such a massive, complex issue. Its only answer to that central question of what life’s worth is is yet another question: "Is that it?"