The scenes should feel commonplace, but they don't. Which is harder to do than you think. Sweetie is basically a story about family. Yeah, that sounds like it'd be a cliche Disney production, but this is far from that. Well, that would be true if not for Sweetie, the sister character.
Sweetie takes it head on, and is funny, surreal, and uncomfortable .
The unsettled feeling starts with Kay, but doesn't really hit until we're introduced to the wild character of Sweetie, who is an overweight, obnoxious, completely self-absorbed creature. She's not pleasant to look at. She barks sometimes. The movie is filled with off-kilter and quirky dialogue, which manage to articulate the personalities well. It is odd.