Please, don't rate low if you can't relate to the close family dynamics because you aren't close to your own family in the same way. This spoke so hard to my own culture and while my family isn't EXACTLY the same currently, it very much was so when I was a kid.
The plot was simple WHICH I LOVE! in some ways not unique,in others, VERY unique. I like that emotional honesty was all that was needed and kindness. Not some big talisman being placed somewhere or some scary time limit. It was simple.