david is played by steve carrell.t is nic, the son, the promising young man who gets lost in his addiction and their relationship falls apart. here is a clip. why don't we just have lunch and talk, we can do that, right? how's karen and the kids? 0k, they're asking about you. i know they'd love... you're guilt tripping me, all right. no, i'mjust saying... i feel horrible about myself. i know they wanted you to be there, that's all. i'm sorry dad, ijust need some money, all right, so, please just give me some money. where does this end? i have to see something through, this is kind of working out for me right now, i've got five days sober. it doesn't look it's working out. oh, it doesn't look like it's working out? so what, the therapy? you can come home, we'll make it work, please, nic. please. the thing with this, although it is based on the two sides of the stories, we see it very much from the father's point of view, and there are certain things about the film that creak. the story telling is straight forward, the