NYC radio journalist Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) found his job niche traveling the country and asking kids their perspectives-and he'd need whatever insights he'd gleaned when his estranged sister Viv (Gaby Hoffman) asked him to come to Oakland and look after his bipolar 9-year-old nephew Jesse (Woody Norman). As circumstances force him back on the road with Jesse in tow, there'll be affecting revelations in Mike Mills' acclaimed study; Scoot McNairy, Molly Webster also star. 108 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.