Yes, there have been other films showing family dysfunction during family get-togethers, but none I can remember are as honest and downright funny as this Thanksgiving dinner get-together directed beautifully by Jodie Foster. The scene captures so many typical things that happen on Thanksgiving, everyone updating the family on what's been going on in each other's lives, after they haven't seen everyone for the past year. People run back and forth getting food, cutting the turkey, and this scene carries the craziness one step further -- including the turkey being flung onto one of the members of the table, a revelation to an unknowing father that his son has married another man, revelations from a daughter about losing her job and having an affair with her boss (just for scuz), and revelations from the past as well, causing the dinner to break apart -- is the family falling apart or is everyone just growing up? The truth of the scene is how much it really accurately portrays what the typical family get-togethers are in this time. It's not Ozzie and Harriett anymore.