A Downbeat Take on the Heist Movie

James Mooney (Josh O’Conner), or J.B. for short, is a dime-a-dozen suburban malcontent who believes he deserves more than a middle-class life. His two kids and beautiful working wife, Terri (Alana Haim), the classic two-story home with a yard and a garage—these trappings hold no interest in someone who studied to be an artist but settled for sporadic work as a carpenter. J.B.’s wealthy parents, a circuit court judge (Bill Camp) and casual philanthropist (Hope Davis), encourage him to take control of his time, make more of himself. Resentful of their condescending, cultivated attitudes, he takes their advice, just not in the way they intended.