How do people do this?

asks well-to-do New York book publisher Nicky (Luke Evans) in a state of exasperation.

You dont get it, he says.

‘Our Son’

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You dont get howlonelyIve been.

I wanted a family.

I got Owen but I didnt get a family.

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If it hadnt been so sweet, it would have been tragic, he notes dryly.

Evans and Porter have an easygoing chemistry that adds a genuine sense of anticipation to the climax.

Their marriage is dead, that much is clear, but how will they move on?

The strongest line, however, comes from Nickys nephew at an awkward family dinner.