The film starts off rather badly with a flashback to Carter's ninth birthday party and some «Arrested Development» - aping narration, but it soon abandons this conceit and finds a specific tone of its own. (rogerebert.com)
My girlfriend Jessica was over the other day picking her daughter up from an epic ninth birthday sleepover. (fourprincessesandthecheese.com)
The film follows Adam Scott as Carter, a man whose ninth birthday was ruined by an explosive fight between his parents (Richard Jenkins and Catherine O'Hara) which required police involvement to calm everything down. (firstshowing.net)