It premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2010 and was given a limited release in North American theaters on June 3, 2011.

Kate refuses to believe that their son would do something so horrible, and spends the night tidying up Sam's room which had been searched by the police.

The next morning, Eric and Trish's son Dylan turns on the television to see a video made by Sam about the impending massacre.

Bill then decides to issue a public statement, saying that they are both deeply sorry over what has happened, and ask for their privacy as they endeavor to get their lives back on track.

Trish soon becomes annoyed by Kate's nit-picking, and her constant attempts to mother Dylan, but Eric says that she has to be sensitive to their situation since Sam was her only child.

Bill ends up yelling that he wishes that Sam was never born, and Kate sadly leaves and returns to the house.

He explains that he is writing a piece about the shooting, but that he wanted to portray Sam in a more human light by learning more about him.

Bill finally returns to work, but feels alienated by the rest of the staff who keep staring at him.

Filmmaker Shawn Ku first conceived of the film as being about a married couple in a strained relationship, but decided to add in the school shooting element and focus on the parents of the perpetrator as that particular scenario had not been depicted on screen before.

Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote the film is "so high-mindedly determined to avoid sensationalism that it sidesteps critical dramatic content and sabotages its own ambitions".

Its weaknesses are only heightened by inevitable comparisons with recent, much better movies that touched on the similar themes, especially last year’s Blue Valentine and Rabbit Hole.