CRACKERS

Larceny, adultery, sabotage and treachery.., yes, just your typical Christmas with the Dredge family, Twelve-year-old Joey Dredge is in trouble.., again, Expelled for jumping off school roof, he's haunted by his father's death and hates his mother's new boyfriend and his bulling son. Compounding in his misery is the knowledge that he has to spend Christmas with them at the family beach house, Things looks grim until unexpected arrival of great-grandfather Albert, fresh from a stunt in prison, Forced to share the back shed with this swearing, farting and devious octogenarian, Joey's life changes. Between barbequing family dog, performing a self-burial, causing his intended step-father to consume a startling mount of hash, Joey learns a few life lessons from Albert, who despite his many vices may give Joey the strength to accept the past and embrace the future.