Shadowboxing explores the gaps between expectation and execution, alibis and real life. The story is about the family dynamic, the ways in which we disappoint each other, the ways in which we don't and do connect. Any family, be it nuclear, platonic or professional has its hardships, but with that comes affection and truth. That's why they're worth it. Shadowboxing shows what family is, why they're funny, why they hurt us, and why we need them.

The Eliot family is unhappy in their own chaotic, frustrating, lovable way. Family is a relative term.