Skeletons in the Closet

Single father Will Reed (Treat Williams) and his teenaged son Seth (Jonathan Jackson) have increasingly uncomfortable conflicts that go beyond the usual coming-of-age difficulties. Seth has grown reclusive and mysterious as his father does his best to communicate with him. Seth's binge drinking and ...more

Skeletons in the Closet is just good enough to keep viewers from hitting the eject button each time they think the script has run out of gas. Just when the family melodrama threatens to boil over, a new element of suspense pops up, creating fresh interest. It makes for a frustrating evening of viewing; it would have been simpler if the film was just that much worse, then viewers could eject it and put in that Hitchcock thriller they've been intending to see again. Treat Williams, who looks here ...more