She is supportive of the Common Core education standards, but at a news conference following her election as commissioner, Elia spoke in conciliatory terms when discussing teachers, whose statewide umbrella union has been
especially restive over the changes.
The actors — many with considerable stage experience and minimal film work — deliver strong naturalistic performances,
especially leading man Lamothe, whose Roque smoothly charms the ladies and sweeps us along whenever he speaks, while holding in reserve a
restive intensity we glimpse in his pensive eyes.