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The Middle Distance

The Middle Distance

BrighterMoon Entertainment
Sep 26, 2026

In the wake of his estranged father's death, successful Los Angeles executive Neil Mercer (Ross Partridge, Stranger Things) travels to the Midwest for the first time in years to help sell the family home. To Neil, his homecoming is more than just an inconvenience-it interrupts the work, whiskey, and women that serve as a coping mechanisms to help him forget a painful past. When his younger brother, James, is unexpectedly called back to Chicago, Neil finds himself marooned in the house with Rebecca, James' fiancee, a wickedly smart, fiercely independent woman whose impressive facade matches Neil's in its power to mask the damaged, desperate spirit hiding beneath. Set against the bleak backdrop of wintry rural Michigan, The Middle Distance takes an honest, unsentimental look at adulthood, the meaning of family, the ache of nostalgia, and the peril and promise of two lost souls finding each other in the darkness.

Rating:
Not Rated
Cast:
Ross Partridge, Joslyn Jensen, Kentucker Audley
Director:
Patrick Underwood
Writer:
Patrick Underwood
Genres:
Drama

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Neil, a high-powered consultant, returns to his hometown to settle his late father's estate. Amidst the friction of his strained relationship with his musician brother, James, and the pressures of his corporate career, Neil navigates grief and nostalgia. Through a connection with a local photographer and the process of selling the family home, he finds emotional closure and a renewed sense of self.