2. Frank retired and his wife had been dead for six months. As he has a disease, he only can work in his garden. When he is preparing for his children to come visit him, his children call to cancel it one by one on the last minute. So, he decided to go on a surprise visit to his children without following the instructions of the doctor. Firstly, he went to visit his son, David in New York by train. Unfortunately, David was not at home. So, Frank just left a letter and continued his trip. Secondly, he visited his daughter Amy in Chicago by bus. Amy has a husband Jeff and a son Jack. Both of them are in a tension relationship. After that, Jeff went visiting his son Robert in Denvert. He found out that his son is just a percussionist but isn’t a conducter. While Jeff was on the way to visit his daughter Rosie in Las Vegas, he missed his bus in the midnight. So, he changed to go there by train. At that time, he met a drug addict and went into a quarrel. After visiting his daughter, he flied back home. In the plane, he got a heart attack and dreamt his kids as young children. He realized that all his children lie to him and something’s wrong on David.
3. To me, the most memorable scene in the film is when Jeff got heart attack in the plane. He realized that his children lied to him without telling the truth. They did not tell Jeff about what had happened on David. Amy and her husband’ relationship have been broke up. Besides that, Rosie already gave birth to a baby.
4. My favourite character of the film is Jeff’s wife, the children’ mom. Although she is dead, but I think that she has influenced her children the most. She knew that Jeff busy working to earn a living, so she took the responsibility in order to take care of her children. She also taught her children only speak the good and keep the bad as not make Jeff