The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
(2011)
★ 6.8 IMDb · 398 votes
Year: 2011
Runtime: 30 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Ари Астер
Cast: Billy Mayo, Brandon Greenhouse, Анджела Баллок, Carlon Jeffery, Connie Jackson, Danièle Watts, John C. Johnson, Reatha Grey, Stanley Bennett Clay, Casey Desmond
Plot
A suburban father gets trapped in a one-sided incestuous relationship with his abusive son.
The Johnsons are an attractive, well-to-do, upper-middle class family. Sidney, husband and father, is a famous poet, known and adored for his kindness and sensitivity. Joan, wife and mother, is a dutiful housewife, an obsessive homemaker and the life of every party. Their son, Isaiah, is a charismatic young man who has just gotten married to an equally appealing young woman. In fact, there is only thing that separates the Johnsons from their charming friends and neighbors: Isaiah, the son, has been molesting Sidney, the father, since he was twelve years old. And what's more, Sidney has written a memoir that chronicles, in great detail, the ins-and-outs of this unseemly father-son relationship. Will the manuscript ever see the light of day, or will young Isaiah have a thing or two to say about it? THE STRANGE THING ABOUT THE JOHNSONS is a dark satire of the domestic melodrama, which asks "What if...?" and then, for some reason, comes up with an answer.