by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
After his wife dies, Max Fish (Jeff Goldblum) trades in his directing career for the life of a New Jersey bookstore owner. As Max struggles to overcome his drinking problem, his moody son Ed (Rory Cochrane) tries out a drug scene of his own, and the two try to work out their changing father-and-son relationship.
characteristics
keywords
promiscuity
prediction
orphan
romance
serial-killer
widow/widower
supernatural-forces
murder
investigation
drugs
bookstore
alcoholism
family-in-danger
fortuneteller
generation-gap
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