Lightning Bugs in a Jar (2015)

★ 5.7 0h 20m IMDb
Drama
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When a mother and son with a caustic history reunite to pack-up their old house, sparks fly as long-buried secrets are revealed, and it might fall upon the shoulders of the son's boyfriend to help heal old wounds.

Lightning Bugs in a Jar

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Ethan Slater
Ethan Slater as Ben Age 34 · Washington, D.C., USA Ethan Samuel Slater (born June 2, 1992) is an American actor and singer. He played the character of SpongeBob SquarePants in the 2016 musical of the same name, for which he won a Drama Desk Award and...
Devin McDuffee
Devin McDuffee as Max
Betsy Aidem
Betsy Aidem as Farrah Age 68 · Long Island, New York, USA Betsy Aidem was born on October 28, 1957 in East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress..
Director Robert Ian Simpson
Cast Ethan Slater, Devin McDuffee, Betsy Aidem

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CinemaSerf 6/10 Apr 03, 2024
Mother "Farrah" (Betsy Aidem) arrives at her old house to find son "Max" (Devin McDuffee) flagrante delicto with boyfriend "Ben" (Ethan Slater). She's not especially bothered about that, it's just that there are jobs to be done clearing out their former home, and it's soon quite clear that it's not just that that needs a good airing. This crams quite a lot of family tension into twenty minutes but sadly very little of it is innovate or well acted. The dynamic between mother and son is overcooked and contrived and the pacifying interventions of "Ben" predictable. It looks OK, but there's very little natural or convincing about it.

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