A strong cast including Gretchen Mol, Patrick Wilson and Minnie Driver can't save the writer-director-star from his instincts to dial down the heat.

Burns, who wrote, starred in and directed the film, won the grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival when he was in his 20s. “The Brothers McMullen,” which also won the Independent Spirit Award for best first feature, grossed more than $10 million.

Three siblings navigate midlife crises in Edward Burns’s glossy look at marriages in transition.

Writer, director and actor Ed Burns joins TODAY with a look at his latest project “Millers in Marriage” that follows three siblings as they reexamine life and love in middle age. He also shares an update about the sequel to “Brothers McMullen” called “Family McMullen.