The Adults
The Adults
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old childhood conflicts.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 2, 2025
Three siblings clinging to what’s left of their familial bond in the wake of their matriarch’s passing. Eric (Michael Cera) flies back home to visit his sisters Rachel (Hannah Gross) and Maggie (Sophia Lillis), but he’s really more interested in seeking out the local poker games than spending much time with his siblings. Their lives have diverged and they struggle to find meaningful connections beyond their shared past. Unsure of how to relate or even how to spend time together, they conjure rote ideas like going to the zoo. But when it comes to their shared history, they fully synchronize, reciting songs and poems, performing dance routines they must have performed hundreds of times together in their childhood. In their adulthood, there’s very little familiarity between them. Arguments take the form of this extremely non confrontational style where they speak in weird voices as if playing characters in one of their childhood plays. It’s a quirky and endearing indie drama. Weirdly, it’s also a decent poker movie with fairly realistic poker hands and action. But the familial drama takes center stage. Relationships are hard, even familial ones. Sometimes they’re the hardest.