Two siblings left to fend for themselves for a weekend turn ordinary bickering into something far more serious in Say Less, a 2026 drama-comedy about a family secret neither of them was ready for.
What is Say Less about?
Cassie and Max are teenage siblings whose parents have gone out of town, leaving them alone in a house that quickly becomes the setting for their usual low-grade sibling warfare. Director Michael Kellman lets that rivalry play out first as comedy — needling, dares, the small cruelties siblings specialize in — before steering it somewhere heavier once the two start digging into their father's private life. What they uncover reshapes how they see him, and forces two teenagers who were competing over nothing to suddenly rely on each other to process something neither can carry alone. At 81 minutes, the film keeps its focus tight on the two leads and the house they're stuck in, using the compressed setting to intensify both the comic bickering and the more serious material it eventually opens onto. Jenny Lange and Matt Linton anchor the film as Cassie and Max, with Genny Wick, Manny Spero, Philip Casnoff and Roxanne Hart filling out the surrounding adult world the siblings are forced to reckon with.
About the cast
Jenny Lange and Matt Linton carry the film as the sibling leads, with the story's emotional shifts resting almost entirely on their two-hander dynamic. Genny Wick, Manny Spero, Philip Casnoff and Roxanne Hart round out the supporting cast, alongside Ben Taylor and Delilah Jane Sassafras Nativo, giving the household beyond the two teenagers some texture without pulling focus from them.
Context & significance
Say Less belongs to a familiar coming-of-age structure — siblings alone in a house, a story that starts light and turns serious — but built around a domestic secret rather than a party-gone-wrong premise. Michael Kellman uses the genre's usual comic rhythms early on specifically so the tonal shift lands harder once Cassie and Max start learning things about their father that change how they see their family.
Watching Say Less on Ktime
Say Less streams on K-Time with a free account login, with no subscription fee standing between this page and the film itself. Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are both available, letting Farsi-speaking viewers in the diaspora follow Cassie and Max's weekend in a fully localized version of the film.