
            The Holmans, like so many American families, are struggling to survive in an economically depressed small town. Joe is unemployed and Ellie, an unexpectedly pregnant hospital nurse, has been working double shifts, trying to compensate for the loss in the familys income. Already exhausted and stretched thin, they find themselves sandwiched between caring for Joes senile father, Papaw, and their teenage daughter Jackie, a former honor student, who is spiraling down a dark road of drug addiction."Suck It Up Buttercup" follows the Holmans during a fifteen-hour period, from 3pm one afternoon to 6am the next morning.  Shot almost entirely with a body rig, the audience is dropped smack into the middle of the unfolding story as Jackie triggers a chain of events that crushes her friends and ends up threatening to tear her family apart.Vacillating between hope, denial and despair, Joe and Ellie's efforts to help Jackie demonstrate an unconditional love for their daughter, despite her out-of-control behavior. The question ultimately becomes whether anyone or anything can convince Jackie to help herself.Utilizing a burnt autumn palate and set against a backdrop of urban decay, the film builds on themes that represent some of contemporary America's most troubling afflictions; drugs usage and a sense of desolation among the young. Dark as its subject matter is, its consistently lightened by humor, young loyalties, and boundless love.
    

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