Producer(s):

• Producer: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Todd Field
• Executive Producer: Dana Belcastro, Toby Emmerich

Companies: Bona Fide Productions, New Line Cinema, Standard Film Company

Genre: Drama, Film Based On A Novel, Romance, Romance Film

Awards:

• Nominated for 3 Oscars. 20 wins & 61 nominations total

Similar:

• The Journalist (2019)
• Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
• Maborosi (1995)
• Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
• The Ninth Configuration (1980)

Keywords: adultery, american football, based on novel or book, boston, massachusetts, bourgeoisie, catalogue, confession, deceived wife, eroticism, ex-cop, extramarital affair, feminism, heart attack, housewife, husband wife relationship, infant, irreverence, loser, lust, misogynist, mother, parent child relationship, pedophilia, playground, prejudice, psychological drama, psychopath, skateboarding, small town, stay-at-home dad, suburb

The lives of Sarah Pierce, a stay-at-home mother married to an advertising executive, and Brad Adamson, an immature househusband married to a documentary filmmaker, intersect at their suburban neighborhood's pool. They begin an affair, finding adult companionship amidst their otherwise monotonous lives. Meanwhile, Registered sex offender Ronnie McGorvey, recently released from prison after serving time for indecent exposure to a minor, moves back into his elderly mother May's house next door to the Adamson family. Ex-police officer Larry Hedges, now retired and disgraced due to corruption, becomes obsessed with driving Ronnie away, believing him to be a threat to the neighborhood's children despite his claims of reform. As Sarah and Brad's affair continues, they struggle with their guilt and the potential consequences if their spouses were to find out. Ronnie, feeling pressure from both Larry's harassment and his mother's desire for him to settle down with a girlfriend, becomes increasingly unstable. The tension reaches a boiling point when Larry confesses his misdeeds to Sarah while drunk at a neighbor's party, causing her to reevaluate her own actions and leading to a confrontation between Ronnie and Brad that ends in tragedy.