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8.4 out of 10

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  • Starring: Arturo Goetz, Daniel Hendler, Julieta Díaz
  • Summary: Ariel Perelman is an attorney, like his father. And, because it is customary in Argentina to do so, the people refer to them both as Dr. Perelman -- regardless of whether they mean the father or the son. Yet it is not so much sharing the same name that bothers Perelman Junior as not knowing if he is beginning to look just like his father -- or at least, the exact opposite. (IFC First Take Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    Writer-director Daniel Burman's dryly humorous, poker-faced comedic style is once again in full play in this funny and touching film about a young Argentine man and his aging father, both of whom happen to be lawyers.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    80
    Like his equally father-fixated, and equally wonderful, 2003 film "Lost Embrace," Burman's beguiling tribute to his Jewish father -- or, for all I know, the one he wishes he had -- is warm and deep enough to give humanism a good name.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    75
    This is a comedy made for people who think, who like smart talk and who, like the Perelmans, know the score.
  4. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    60
    An alternately charming and frustrating comic entertainment.

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  1. MarieSamuels
    10
    This is an intelligent and touching family drama with lots of comedic touches. It is a humanistic story and portrays an unfamiliar world -- that of the Buenos Aires Jewish intellectuals. A winner.… Expand
  2. SebastianG.
    10
    Burman gets even better with this last movie of his trilogy of Jewish fathers from Waiting the Mesaiah to Lost Embrace, this one is a great story and very well told!… Expand
  3. PaulKane
    9
    I saw two films from Argentina last month. If you have an interest, you will not be disappointed. Great!
  4. Diezmartinez
    8
    Derecho de Familia trata de todo eso que se da por entendido, que no se dice abiertamente, que se olvida o que se da por enterado: esos pequeños intercambios, esas miradas furtivas, esos valores compartidos o confrontados que forman la vida familiar en general y la relación padres/hijos en particular. Aquí no hay tragedias insolubles sino el olvido del cumpleaños del papá, aquí no hay secretos inconsables sino ciertas omisiones inocentes que a nadie hacen daño. Y las lecciones aprendidas no se subrayan pero se entienden: Perelman hijo ve a su precoz niñito Gastón, vestido como él en cierto festival infantil de fin de cursos, pero amorosamente no se hace ilusiones ni tiene mucha prisa: "que se parezca a mí cuando quiera, si es que quiere".… Expand

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