, while about divorce, provides the necessary counterpoint. The battle over custody and the introduction of new partners (Laura Dern’s sharp-tongued lawyer and Ray Liotta’s aggressive one) shows how quickly a "blended" situation can become a trench war. The film suggests that the nuclear family is so deeply ingrained in our legal and emotional systems that any deviation—any attempt to share a child—requires a Herculean effort of communication that most humans are incapable of sustaining.

Content like this represents the early-to-mid 2020s push for "immersive" adult entertainment. Unlike traditional flat-screen video, VR content uses high frame rates (60fps+) and binaural audio to simulate physical presence. Roleplay as Narrative:

: Genre films like Hereditary use horror to explore how generational trauma haunts new family configurations.