Then I watched A CHRISTMAS TALE. Like many holiday themed films, this one concerns a dysfunctional family where there are hidden feelings, secrets revealed, feelings bared, all over the course of four days (with a coda concerning the mother's health treatment taking place a week later).
Reminded me a bit of THE FAMILY STONE and HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, same kind of dramedy to the piece. I was very disappointed in the character of Sylvia who felt so betrayed by the men in her life, but I say you make your own bed and to blame others for your choices is juvenile. No woner the mother said she didn't like her early in the movie (I kept wondering why she'd feel that way until she began showing her true colors later in the movie.)