The film isn't about his recovery though, at least in the traditional sense. Cameron's wife Maggie (played by Zoe Saldana) has decided to accept a full ride to Columbia business school, invariably leaving their two daughters with him. Rash as that may sound, Maggie puts her absolute faith in Cameron's abilities to be a good and responsible dad while she chases after her professional dreams.
While there's an earnest nature to the film that's hard to dislike, "Infinitely Polar Bear" (which I think may be the worst title of the festival, or ever) is loaded with enough manipulative screenwriting and aggravating contrivances to make connecting to the story nearly impossible. For example, Cameron comes from family of money, but is only allotted a certain amount to pay rent on his, as his unbearably bratty and annoying two daughters call it, "s***hole" of a home. While Cameron and his family live in squalor, the elder Stuarts are ensconced in a sumptuous mansion.
Beispielsweise kommt Cameron aus einer reichen Familie, bekommt aber nur einen bestimmten Betrag um die Rente für sein, wie seine unerträglich vorlauten und nervenden zwei Töchter es nennen, Drecksloch von einem Heim zu bezahlen.
Während Cameron und seine Familie in elendigen Verhältnissen leben, hausen die älteren Stuarts versteckt in einer luxuriösen Villa.