Release Date : Sep 13, 2013 Wide
Genre Movie :Drama,Action & Adventure,Mystery & Suspense,Comedy
Actors :Robert De Niro,Michelle Pfeiffer,Tommy Lee Jones,Dianna Agron,John D'LeoMpaa Rating : R
Plot Story : In the off-beat action comedy "The Family," a mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite the best efforts of Agent Stansfield (Tommy Lee Jones) to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni (Robert DeNiro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D'Leo) can't help but revert to old habits and blow their cover by handling their problems the "family" way, enabling their former mafia cronies to track them down. Chaos ensues as old scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings in this darkly funny film by Luc Besson (Taken, Transporter). (c) Relativity Media
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TagLine The Family Some call it organized crime. Others call it family.Visitor Ranting and Critics For The Family
Critics Ranting For The Family : 4.6Critics Percentage For The Family : 29 %
User Ranting Movie The Family : 3.1
User Count Like for The Family : 36,106
Review For Movie The Family
This is a deliberately off-kilter, cheerfully violent, hit-and-miss effort with just enough moments of inspiration to warrant a recommendation.Richard Roeper-Chicago Sun-Times
A movie with a PG brain and a NC-17 body count, unsuitable for audiences of any age.
Christopher Orr-The Atlantic
A black comedy that doesn't begin to jell but has a sweetheart of a cast and the odd diverting moment.
David Edelstein-Vulture
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.
Adam Nayman-Globe and Mail
The Family is a film at once strange and intriguing. It can't seem to settle on a tone.
David Hiltbrand-Philadelphia Inquirer
The film isn't worthy of De Niro's stature, in the gangster sub-genre or otherwise.
Adam Graham-Detroit News
Unfortunately, The Family suffers from an extreme case of advanced tonal disorder.
Donald Clarke-Irish Times
Every time Luc Besson uses a bullet in a body as a punchline, a real joke somewhere out in the wild dies.
Ali Gray-TheShiznit.co.uk
It's throwaway stuff, packed with corny gags about rich French cooking and annoying Gallic manners, in which light relief is offered by the sight of our hero torturing a plumber; think The Whole Nine Yards with cheese.
Mark Kermode-Observer [UK]
Clearly, De Niro is happy to cannibalise his glorious past, but for those of us who love him, it's like sucking on old bones.
Charlotte O'Sullivan-This is London
Their fish-out-of-water antics leave a nasty taste in the mouth rather than a smile on the face.
David Edwards-Daily Mirror [UK]
Besson has made a career out of a willingness to experiment but The Family's tonal variations jar.
Graham Young-Birmingham Post
It's horribly violent, the family are appalling, it's never believable and far too long.
Henry Fitzherbert-Daily Express
The collateral damage involving innocent bystanders is staggering. Just mind you don't get caught in the crossfire.
Catherine Shoard-Guardian [UK]
There was a time when De Niro seemed so ungraspable, so brilliant, it was as if he had some secret access to acting that nobody else could fully understand. Maybe in the end we asked too much of him.
Antonia Quirke-Financial Times
A disgraced mob family are sent on a Euro vacation in this weak wiseguy satire with Robert De Niro.
Tabi Jackson Gee-Little White Lies
An unimaginative and humourless dark comedy from French director Luc Besson, starring Robert De Niro who appears to be phoning his lines in.
Katherine McLaughlin-ViewLondon
Besson strikes a jarring tone between crime and comedy; a soundtrack of irritatingly 'wacky' accordion music prescribes a comic mood rarely met by laughter.
John Nugent-Sky Movies
It makes you want to revisit Goodfellas, though.
Robbie Collin-Daily Telegraph
A lively premise and darkly humorous tone give way to predictable action and a dull finale.
Eddie Harrison-The List
Despite a promising trailer and a great cast, this French-American comedy-thriller is a complete misfire because Luc Besson seems unclear about how to create a black comedy.
Rich Cline-Contactmusic.com
[Besson] doesn't really find the right tone to hold all this together, but there's a certain frisson in watching De Niro's short-fused Giovanni explode... and you just know there's going to be an opportunity for Besson to go ballistic, too.
Jason Best-Movie Talk
Given a little more thought, De Niro could have been sinking his teeth into a juicy Chateaubriand, but instead he's left chewing on flabby, tasteless hamburger.
Stella Papamichael-Digital Spy
A lumbering farce that takes an unpleasantly sadistic glee in violence, murder and intimidation.
Neil Smith-Total Film
Another to airbrush out of the De Niro back catalogue.
Nick De Semlyen-Empire Magazine
... ultimately stretches its one-note premise to a punishing 111 minutes.
David Nusair-Reel Film Reviews
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