Infinitely Polar Bear 2015 Movie

A father struggling with bipolar disorder tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier. More details

Directors

Maya Forbes

Cast

Mark Ruffalo Zoe Saldana Imogene Wolodarsky Ashley Aufderheide

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comedy drama romance crepe machete columbia university rent controlled apartment lithium interracial marriage reference to bohemia reference to harvard university cigarette smoking absent mother semi autobiographical bipolar disorder father daughter relationship manic depreesion mental illness door lock and chain title directed by female nickname name calling reference to dairy queen sex scene shaking one's head no card game carving into a tabletop truffle box letter writing f rated f word stocking cap beret clenched fist sleepover lacrosse the game crying man crying woman barbecue boat fishing rowboat jumping rope reference to anything goes the stage musical jumping into a river reference to the charles river boston medicine cabinet punched in the face destroying property losing control racial prejudice race relations christmas party family business firm scotch and soda squalor eccentric reference to valproic acid bow tie reference to thorazine reference to haldol necktie skirt beer sewing machine doll talent show costume flamenco dancer costume howard and company boston reference to e. f. hutton new york city job interview stairwell motor oil paint thinner bully comeuppance african american black american frosting a cake four seasons autumn karate walking stick cinnamon toast tea listening to music game playing uncle nephew relationship reference to guys and dolls the stage musical roulette wheel trampoline goggles humiliation tarot cards friendship friend car fire runaway dog depression fast motion scene summer watching tv installing a door lock promise screaming baseball bat raised middle finger slamming a door brat daughter grabs her father by his ankles spring the season ice skating abused dog buying a used car winter horniness rubbing someone's feet single mother reference to paris france reference to harvard square boston crepe cart sponge roller skates playground swing electrical cable mother and daughter share a bed lighting designer reference to wgbh public broadcasting station boston slapping palms of hands flowers running into each others' arms slow motion scene whistling bus washing dishes reference to joseph goebbels song singing singer reference to heinrich himmler reference to hermann goering reference to adolf hitler pipe smoking unpacking a box electric cord fear drunkenness dancing dancer sleeping brawl scottish bagpipes street musician storytelling expelled from school reference to phillips exeter academy handshake neighbor reference to mexico ford the car repairing a car ex husband ex wife relationship elevator slamming a car door embarrassment great great grandfather great great grandson relationship reference to boxing day year 1832 choking on a chicken bone reference to the king of england reference to the queen of england ancestry great grest grandfather great great granddaughter relationship great great grandmother great great granddaughter relationship grandfather granddaughter relationship grandmother granddaughter relationship portrait painting trust fund reference to charles bulfinch reference to beacon hill boston fudgsickle reference to john singer sargent reference to the museum of fine arts boston reference to plum island massachusetts ice cream cone bench waving goodbye reference to bridgeport connecticut reference to new haven connecticut running after a van kiss brushing one's teeth brushing one's hair honking a horn gmc van photographer camera cousin cousin relationship moving packing a van van poverty feminism mother in law daughter in law relationship father in law daughter in law relationship father son relationship mother son relationship education mba eating food new york city scholarship business school tears crying montage typewriter college application reference to wharton school at the university of pennsylvania reference to harvard business school anger wealth irish american school record player recording peer pressure kicking someone in the butt laundry piano player piano apartment cookies and milk telephone call telephone reference to the chronicles of narnia drinking drink rain soaked wrapped in a towel walking in the rain rain backpack halfway house massachusetts reference to sudbury massachusetts flash forward lighting a cigarette drugged husband wife reunion reference to harry houdini hit in the stomach medication father daughter reunion interracial romance tent voice over letter letter looking out a window police car automobilee distributor cap apology grabbing one's crotch sitting on the ground bathing suit testicles picnic hairy chest bare chested male happiness marital separation woods demobilizing a car engine movie camera employer employee relationship omelet mushroom celebration fired from the job prologue year 1978 marriage nervous breakdown new england photograph public television boston massachusetts reference to jesus christ fake beard reference to cambridge massachusetts narrated by character voice over narration home movie year 1967 bicycle caregiver graduate student college student graduate school manic breakdown girl boy basketball dog surprise reference to god recession bentley the car reference to lincoln the car pride cookie sheet crazy eights the card game great grandmother great granddaughter relationship year 1888 station wagon overalls anguish trust sister sister relationship mother daughter relationship husband wife relationship directorial debut family relationships three word title

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