Aberdeen

REVIEW
A promiscuous, coke-snorting, young corporate climber receives a last request from her dying mother: to come with her estranged, alcoholic father (whom she hasn't spoken to in years) to her deathbed to say good-bye. Certainly this premise has vast potential to be an emotionally rich, moving film, but Aberdeen squanders this promise to make way for a collection of awkward, uncomfortable scenes between characters who are, quite frankly, a pair of jerks. Nice photography, a moody score, some good acting (especially by Hart, who plays the only appealing character) and a handful of touching moments can't compensate for the surface-level pointlessness of it all. Even the predictably "heartwarming" ending is unsatisfying.