For her directorial debut, Clea DuVall borrows the template that served John Sayles (Return of the Secaucus 7) and Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill) so well in their early days: Thirtysomething friends gather to reminisce over good times and pick at old wounds. Their ulterior motive: to stage an intervention around a toxic marriage. It’s incredibly presumptuous… but considering that DuVall shot the film on a small budget over a short amount of time, it’s a deft piece of work, and proves she has what it takes to make a go of a directing career. by Kathy Fennessy