Although she reteams with her hubby Paul W.S. Anderson in Resident Evil: Retribution this weekend, Milla Jovovich will be seen in a film squarely on the opposite end of the spectrum later in the month. Bringing Up Bobby, the directorial and writing debut of Famke Janssen (who pops up again in Taken 2 next month) is getting a limited release and now we’ve got the first trailer.

I don’t enjoy beating up on well-intentioned indie films, but there is little appealing in this first look. From the trailer that looks to be cut together in iMovie to some very, very odd tonal shifts and other misguided effects, this looks like a swing and a miss for all involved. Check out the trailer and poster below for the film also starring Bill Pullman, Marcia Cross , Rory Cochrane and Spencer List.

Synopsis:

In an effort to escape her murky past and build a better future, Olive (Milla Jovovich), a nomadic European con-artist, and her 10-year-old American-born son, Bobby (Spencer List), find themselves living in Oklahoma. As her top priority, Olive seeks to give Bobby the things she never had: she enrolls him in school, makes him do his homework and tries her hardest to be a good mother, and with the help of an old friend from Oklahoma, Walt (Rory Cochrane), Olive “provides” for Bobby in the only way she knows how. But despite of her efforts (or perhaps because of them) Bobby displays troubling behavior both at his school and in their conservative neighborhood. Things take a turn for the worse after Bobby’s unfortunate “run-in” with the local and wealthy businessman Kent (Bill Pullman), and Olive’s criminal past finally catches up with her, forcing her to make the toughest judgment of all.

Bringing Up Bobby hits limited theaters on September 28th.

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