'Present Company' began, in Frank V. Ross’ own words, as a more cynically toned project. He began writing a film based loosely on the Susan Smith child murders until he lost interest in the story. By the time he was ready to begin production on the film, it had been refined into a tightly wound domestic melodrama without the expressive highs normally associated with the genre. 'Present Company' follows Ross and Tamara Fana as Buddy and Christy, a young, unmarried couple living together with their child, a toddler named Mikey. They reside in her parents’ basement and spend most of their time arguing and trading off their kid so they can go to work or see friends. When two potential suitors...