Synopsis
A tender, character-driven drama that follows three siblings as they each face turning points in love, marriage, and identity.
Eve Miller, a once-promising musician, feels trapped in a marriage that’s lost its rhythm and begins to question where her true passion lies. Her sister Maggie, a celebrated author, finds her long partnership tested by ambition and emotional distance. Meanwhile, their brother Andy, newly divorced, struggles to start over and rediscover who he is outside of family expectations.
Set against the backdrop of familiar neighborhoods and quiet domestic moments, Millers in Marriage explores the ties that bind and the choices that define us, offering a deeply human portrait of connection, change, and the enduring pull of family.
Reviews
‘There are moments when you wish they’d all take a step back and realize how soft and sweet they have it and stop complaining, but Burns has always been a filmmaker with a knowing sense of relationships and a keen ear for authentic dialogue. While these folks aren’t always the most pleasant to be around, we understand them and can relate to them, and at times feel empathy for their predicaments. Just because you don’t have to worry about paying the bills doesn’t mean you’re gliding through life on 400-thread-count sheets.”
Chicago Sun-Times
“Cutting elegantly back and forth among the siblings, “Millers in Marriage” is a sincere, sometimes trite attempt to address midlife drift and late-marriage frustrations, its empty nests gaping beneath gleaming countertops and gauzy photography. Its characters may be stressed out, but its rhythms are leisurely, the skill of the actors mostly countering the weaknesses in the script. For Burns, though, the difficulty may be getting audiences to invest in the unhappiness of people who wake up each morning in square footage like this.”
The New York Times (paywall)
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