Life’s circumstances cause a recently married gay couple (Alfred Molina and John Lithgow) to seek temporary housing with relatives while looking for a new place to live. Lithgow is deposited with Marisa Tomei and her maladjusted teenage son while Molina lands on the couch of a pair of hard-partying cops (or are they Strip-O-Gram delivery boys?) who every night turn their small apartment into a noisy after hours bar for bulls. I’d be happy to report the sappy piano accompaniment drowns out much of the dialog it underscores, if only it was worth listening to. Co-writer and director Ira Sachs must have got his hands on copies of Tokyo Story and Make Way for Tomorrow and said, “I can do that!” He can’t. The situations are teleplay-thin, with telegraphed emotions that never reach far below the surface. Ultimately, the dilemma is not resolved through compassion or character cunning, but through chance meeting compounded by a forced unhappy ending. Good acting, though! (2014) — Scott Marks