Better Living
– A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardshi..
02 Nov 1998
English
Max Mayer
Max Mayer, George F. Walker (play), George F. Walker (screenplay)
Scott Cohen, Olympia Dukakis, Jamie Gonzalez, Roy Scheider
Three grown daughters try to find their own personal ways to deal with their dysfunctional parents. The mother is an unorthodox woman with out-of-the-ordinary ideas, including one where she takes a jackhammer to the basement floor of their house to build a cavern where the family can live better. Their father, an ex-cop, disappeared 15 years earlier and then re-appeared with no explanation and commandeers his wife's project by placing the whole family in a survivalist situation. Jack is the priest-brother to the mother, who is forced to counsel the family despite his own problems with his faith.