Familiar Strangers

Familiar Strangers formerly known as Pretzels amp Pills is a 2008 film about an American family going through the process of negotiating the changing relationships between parents and children, especially as those children grow into adulthood.

Frank feels he has failed as a father, having lost the ability to connect with his maturing children. When the children grew to adulthood and created their own identities and lives, Frank replaced them with his pets, new children who never have to grow up.The film is populated by Frank and Brian, mother Dottie who holds the reins on this family beneath the surface, brother Kenny who as a twentysomething has not yet found his path, sister Erin who is struggling to find herself after a painful divorce, and Erins young daughter Maddy, truly wise beyond her years. ........

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