This dark, dysfunctional family comedy carries the dry wit and playful whimsy of a Wes Anderson film along with the brash authenticity and fresh perspective of its then-20 year old director, Clara Mamet. Featuring Academy Award nominee and Emmy winner, William H. Macy.In the wonderfully dysfunctional tradition of The Royal Tenenbaums, teenage years are always messy... but for Maude, things couldn't seem more tragic. Within one week just prior to her 18th birthday, she is suspended from school, stranded by her best friend, dumped by the boy she "loves", and Granny just died leaving her an enormous amount of money under one condition: Maude must go to college which she does not want to do and her wildly eccentric family is no help at all..