Mulligans
2008 · Directed by Chip Hale
Original language: English
- drama
- romance
The story
When Tyler Davidson brings his college buddy Chase home for the summer holidays a secret is revealed that threatens to tear his perfect family apart.
What it’s like
Warm summer-house light and the slow, sticky stillness of a family's long holiday set the mood, with the domestic rooms and garden doing much of the emotional work. The tone is tender and anxious rather than showy: quiet dinners, lingering looks, and conversations that stop short, with the tension building in what goes unsaid. Pacing is unhurried and conversational, so the drama arrives in small, sharp moments rather than set pieces. Its people's arcs follow a young man's visit home and a father's struggle to accept what he has long kept hidden, moving from denial toward a hard-won honesty. The register is melancholic but ultimately humane, with romance and grief sitting close together. Violence is absent, and any sexual content is brief and non-graphic, with the emotional stakes carrying the weight. This suits a long summer afternoon, a late evening alone, or a reflective rewatch, and it's for viewers who want a grounded, character-led drama about family, secrets and coming out, handled with restraint.
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