A 40-something dreamer returns to his hometown to confront the father he has not seen in five years. But getting along with an airy-fairy mother-in-law with a penchant for new age, a daughter on the verge of adolescence and a father who's been converted to Yoga is not easy.
A Strange Course of Events presents a prickly family dynamic punctuated by moments that could've been funny or dramatic in a different film but feel inert here. Its emotions prove curiously inconsistent, hinting at darkness but never committing fully.
