Martha's Vineyard, just seven miles off the coast of Massachusetts, is an island known for its windswept beaches, clay cliffs, and cedar-shingled cottages.
After the movie premiered at Sundance, where it won the Audience Award for dramatic features, an explicit sex scene starring O'Brien leaked online, to both the delight of O'Brien's most ardent fans and the disappointment of the actor himself. Sex scene aside, though, it seemed that the movie was also expected to satisfy in other ways: Critics have been hailing O'Brien for his performance, which they describe as " the performance of the year."