AWFUL NICE American Independents

Director Todd Sklar skillfully crafts a peculiar and hilarious version of the family road trip movie when two estranged brothers, Jim (James Pumphrey) and Dave (Alex Rennie), must travel to Branson, Missouri, to check out the family’s summer home they have co-inherited following the untimely death of their father. Cleverly written and well-acted, the journey unfolds with high-energy sibling rivalry expressing itself in extreme and comical ways as the brothers encounter unusual situations and people along the way. Although things don’t go as planned when they reach the house, the comedy continues. The story finds its heart when Jim and Dave decide to stick around and make repairs to the house. AWFUL NICE is the feature expansion of Sklar’s successful short film, ‘92 SKYBOX ALONSO MOURNING ROOKIE CARD.