Daytrippers 11/19 Blu-ray (Rental)

With its droll humor and bittersweet emotional heft, the feature debut of writer director Greg Mottola announced the arrival of an unassumingly sharp witted new talent on the 1990s indie scene. When she discovers a love letter written to her husband (Stanley Tucci) by an unknown paramour, the distraught Eliza (Hope Davis) turns to her tight knit Long Island family for advice. Soon the entire clan—strong willed mom (Anne Meara), taciturn dad (Pat McNamara), and jaded sister (Parker Posey) with pretentious boyfriend (Liev Schreiber) in tow—has squeezed into a station wagon and headed into Manhattan to find out the truth, kicking off a one crazy day odyssey full of unexpected detours and life changing revelations. Performed with deadpan virtuosity by a top flight ensemble cast, The Daytrippers is a wry and piercing look at family bonds stretched to the breaking point. DIRECTOR APPROVED BLU RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Greg Mottola, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack • New audio commentary featuring Mottola, editor Anne McCabe, and producer Steven Soderbergh • New interviews with Mottola and cast members Hope Davis, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, and Campbell Scott • The Hatbox, a 1985 short film by Mottola, with audio commentary by the director • PLUS: An essay by critic Emily Nussbaum