“As the desperate, shiny-eyed Trish, Heidi Armbruster is frighteningly fantastic. In bootcut jeans, blingy belts, and tight, tucked-in T-shirts (the costumes, by Jessica Wegener Shay, feel particularly spot-on in her case), she shows up in the Costco parking lot pleading for her son’s forgiveness. Of course, she never actually says it that way. She just comes around to bring him groceries, or to offer him a free breakfast at Denny’s (where she works) after his night shift. Donovan’s whole body goes tense in Chris’s interactions with his mother, who smiles and cajoles and promises great times ahead. Their scenes together — especially the last one, which crescendos into terrible emotional violence — are like punches to the sternum. Armbruster is wild and wheedling, her exuberance tinged with toxicity, but despite it all, her fierce love for Chris is clear, as is his for her, even through his horrified tears.”
~ Sarah Holdren