A young woman shows early glints of genius — but her parent falls ill, so she never leaves the nest, forced to stay behind to help out. Then something happens, a tipping point, and her absent siblings return. There is tension, conflict, reconciliation.
With a few exceptions, like “Laggies” and “Young Adult,” the subgenre of arrested-development movies centers on listless white male protagonists. But “Definition Please” offers a new perspective on that feeling of inertia, focusing on a young Indian American woman.