The Family
Normandy, Francefitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
28 August 1950, Brooklyn, New York, USA
24 December 1965, Brooklyn, New York, USA
4 April 1961, Santa Barbara, California, USA
28 February 1969, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
11 September 1989
April 10, 2016
For anyone willing to brave some tonal inconsistencies, its rewards are real.
April 28, 2015
The movie is a curious mess, but the cast is having a grand old time.
October 10, 2014
De Niro's deadpan humour suits a garden burial perfectly, but we just don't see enough of how we really want him to be.
June 27, 2016
Full of tone deaf humor and gratuitous violence, The Family marks a miscalculated step for an otherwise fine filmmaker.
September 13, 2013
An all-star cast fails to rise above bloody japes and heavy-handed humor in this tale of a renegade Mob family hiding in a small French town.
July 14, 2016
Those excited for the return of Besson to the action-comedy game likely will come away disappointed from this jumbled, visually bland effort.
September 13, 2013
A black comedy that doesn't begin to jell but has a sweetheart of a cast and the odd diverting moment.
September 13, 2013
The Family is a pretty uneven film, lurching from comedy to violence to sentiment, but it's best when it sticks in the realm of flat-out farce.
April 18, 2016
As cinema, it's an interesting experiment. As a movie, it's a bloody mess.
September 13, 2013
A movie with a PG brain and a NC-17 body count, unsuitable for audiences of any age.
September 13, 2013
The casting of Robert De Niro as an ex-Mafioso hiding in witness protection is witty in only the silliest, most superficial way. It's a joke with its own tinny, built-in laugh track.
September 13, 2013
This is a deliberately off-kilter, cheerfully violent, hit-and-miss effort with just enough moments of inspiration to warrant a recommendation.
