Reminded me of Home Burial, by Robert Frost. The most interesting character is the mom and how she emotionally deals with the passing of Buck. This movie is so representative of the 80s middle-class white American suburban lives as well as that generations' filmmaking techniques.
-Maybe I don't like you. -Me? Nah? Forget those goofy hair styles and chick cliches. This is a movie about Ford's business formal masculinity, Alex's young, serious devotee, and Ann Roth's shirtwaister & sneakers design.