WinneroftheSundanceFilmFestival'sprestigiousScreenwritingAward,ANOTHERHAPPYDAYisthefeaturefilmdebutofwriteranddirectorSamLevinson.Thefilmisapowerful,darklycomicstoryofawomanstrugglingtofindherplaceinavolatilefamilydynamicandfeaturesanoutstandingensemblecastledbyEllenBarkinwhoalsoproduced.AfamilyweekendisfraughtwithemotionallandminesformercurialandsensitiveLynn(Barkin)asshearrivesatherparents'AnnapolisestateforthemarriageofherestrangedeldestsonDylan(MichaelNardelli),accompaniedbyherthreeyoungerchildren(EzraMiller,KateBosworth,DanielYelsky).Lynn'shopesforajoyfulreunionarecrushedasherwrybuttroubledmiddlesonElliot(EzraMiller)lobsverbalgrenadesathismotherandherrelativeswhiledaughterAlice(KateBosworth),afightsvaliantlytokeepherlongtimedemonsundercontrol.TheweekendquicklyunravelsasLynndemandstobeheardbyheraloof,disdainfulmother(EllenBurstyn),ailing,distantfather(GeorgeKennedy)andever-judgmentalsisters(SiobhanFallon,DianaScarwid),butmostespeciallybyherex-husbandPaul(ThomasHaydenChurch)andhishot-temperedsecondwifePatty(DemiMoore).Confronted,oftentimeshilariously,withthedeeplypainful,half-buriedtruthsthathavegivenrisetothefamily'sprimalwebofresentmentsandrecriminations,Lynnstrugglestomaintainherequilibriumasherbestattemptsatreconciliationveerquicklyoff-course.