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Kier (Don Swayze) has achieved quite a bit in his life, especially bringing his siblings up after their mother (Monica Giordano) has left them and their father has died. But ever since he has had a terribly work accident that left him unemployable, his life has gone downhill, as he has taken to drinking until drinking has taken over his life. His brother  Ronan (Jeff Berg) has been looking after him, but he's not really cut out for that job, especially since he's not necessarily one to say no to a glass or three himself. Eventually, the situation, which includes alcohol-induced dementia, gets too out of hand and he decides to call his estranged brother Mickey (Chad Doreck) for assistance. Mickey is a priest though, and his way of helping is to bring the family together for a picture book intervention. Thing is, this is not a picture book family, and not only are Ronan and Mickey constantly stepping on each other's toes, it also turns out that their sister Fiona (Ali Trasher), who has been given up for adoption as a child, turns out to be Ronan's girlfriend (which means exactly what you think it means, even if they couldn't have known). So ultimately they all need a drink - which is exactly what intervention's not about ...

Films about alcoholism and interentions can be tiresome, especially when they try to drive their point home too hard and throw overboard believable characters and plausability in favour ot if. Fortunately this is not the case with All Saints Day, a very nuanced character piece that despite its heavy subject matter moves along in a light-footed way and understands the need to entertain throughout, up to its ambiguous endind. And strong performances - with Don Swayze deserving a special mention for giving both dignity and vulnerability to a role that would have been a one-dimensional joke in lesser hands - only help making this a really worthwhile movie.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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