But any fears the praise may go to his head are nullified by his heartbreaking experience of nursing his father Mark in his ultimately unsuccessful battle against Motor Neurone disease.
As the first-born child (and an undeniable Type Double-A personality), I started taking over big things for my mother when my father was still in the nursing home.
This bodily fixation comes to a head when a free-spirited, drug-abusing cousin (Marisa Tomei) moves in with the family -- courtesy of very important rent money from her father -- and starts lackadaisically attending nursing school.