The Sinking of Santa Isabel (2008)

Genres - Comedy Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Slice of Life  |   Run Time - 88 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

Dejected after being dumped by his girlfriend and losing his job, a twenty-seven year old failure withdraws to his home and becomes committed to completing a goal he made back when he was twelve years old. Webster is nearly thirty, and life hasn't turned out quite like he thought it would. His career and his love life both in a total state of disrepair, the disillusioned Websters declares a "do over." Back when he was just twelve years old, Webster vowed to build a tree-house - a mission he never quite completed. Now Webster has some free time on his hands, and the time has come to realize his dream of building the ultimate tree house. Once the tree house is completed, Webster will live in it all summer long. Over the course of his eccentric mission, Webster begins forming a close bond with the precocious boy next door, the inept mailman, and the lonely girl next door. It seems that each of these four lost souls are currently stuck in a state of emotional limbo, but their search for a ray of hopefulness in all the despair may come to an end sooner than anyone in this forlorn group suspects.

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boy, mail-person, neighbor, Peter-Pan-complex, Summer, treehouse, unemployment