'All These Small Moments' review — Sweet and simple family-in-crisis drama

All These Small Moments is a charming, well-acted New York City coming-of-age set against a family-in-crisis drama.

There’s something so charming and idealistic about movies set in New York City. There’s a different kind of energy that they give off. Something homey. All These Small Moments is no exception. It’s a testament to first-time director Melissa Miller Costanzo. The movie feels lived in — the central family’s cluttered Brooklyn brownstone feels real and intimate.

All These Small Moments follows the Sheffield family. Teenager Howie (Brendan Meyer) and his younger brother Simon (Sam McCarthy) have been noticing that their parents — Carla (Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club legend Molly Ringwald) and Tom (Spotlight’s Brian d’Arcy James) — have been sleeping separately.

Like any parents with the best intentions, they try to maintain an air of normalcy for their kids even though things clearly aren’t. As a coping mechanism, Howie has become infatuated with a woman — we eventuall…