The Daytrippers

I must be on a roll or something 'cause this is the second film in a row I've watched this week that passed my watchability test.*

Long story short: First, gin up a Long Island family where Anne Meara's the mother, Pat McNamara's the dad, Hope Davis is the older daughter married to Stanley Tucci (they live with her parents), Parker Posey is the younger daughter married to Liev Schrieber (they're staying with M&D while visiting from their home in Michigan).

Then have Davis's character discover a mash note in her bedroom, addressed to "Sandy" and unsigned, complete with Andrew Marvell love poem excerpt.

Mom says daughter needs to go into the city, where daughter's husband (Tucci) works for a publisher, to ask him just what —if anything — that note's about.

So everybody — mom, dad, the two daughters and Schrieber — pile into the ancient family station wagon and head into town.

80+ minutes of very funny, poignant and surprising events unfold, much to the bemusement of me, to be sure.

Highly recommended.