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Holy Oedipus Rex! This hilarious dark dark dark dark comedy won the Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival and with good reason. No summer has ever been tougher (or funnier) than what 20-year-old Ray (Jeremy Davies) goes through while taking care of Mom (Alberta Watson) while home from college. Low-budget to be sure, be redeemed fourfold by a super script and sharp performances by Davies, Watson, and Benjamin Hendrickson (as the father). Title refers to masturbation, one of the many taboos blithely broken by first-time writer/director David O. Russell. Move over Mrs. Robinson! Grade: B+