After seeing this movie, I looked the cast up on IMDb and, sure enough, Emily IS on ER! Plus, the others are actors themselves EXCEPT for the parents. This was stunning to me because they are so great. This may be because son Andrew is directing, but, nevertheless, their performances are outstanding.
The father is one mess of a man who clearly will would be lost without his wife; I really wondered whether he would last to the end! The mother shows a range of personality often not seen in "mother" roles. Her last scene is priceless.
The plot is simplicity itself and the humor is often very subtle. The verite style is insisted on throughout unlike, say, Albert Brooks' "Real Life" (1979) and yet Andrew Wagner varies it at one point to more resemble a hidden camera investigation (a "drug" scene) to humorous intent.
This little film deserves wider distribution: market it as a road picture! This