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- 2013
- R
- ARC Entertainment (II)
- 1 h 45 m
- 2013
- R
- ARC Entertainment (II)
- 1 h 45 m
Summary A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Directed By: Benjamin Epps
Written By: Matt K. Turner
- 2013
- R
- ARC Entertainment (II)
- 1 h 45 m
- 2013
- R
- ARC Entertainment (II)
- 1 h 45 m
Family Weekend
35
3.7
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Summary A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Directed By: Benjamin Epps
Written By: Matt K. Turner
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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29% Mixed
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57% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
35
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
57% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
For a long while, director Benjamin Epps goes for breakneck farce; at its best, this is a batty mixture of family-values editorial and teen spoof.
Family Weekend is no worse than many of the dysfunctional family comedies that populate the Sundance Film Festival — "Little Miss Sunshine" is name-checked within the movie itself — but isn't any better either.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
3.7
15% Positive
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Despite the promise Epps and Turner show in their film’s finest moments, we’re still talking about a movie that tries to wring jokes from puppet therapy.
Family Weekend is the kind of dark-for-dark's sake, wannabe quirkfest that proves indie films can be just as clichéd and vapid as the most soulless Hollywood movies.
This belabored comedy, directed by Benjamin Epps, has a slick visual veneer and some capable performances, especially by Ms. Rulin and Ms. King. But the script, by Matt K. Turner, is loaded with contradictions, its hollow flirtation with subversion amount to airplane pablum.
Although Rulin displays a compelling neurotic edge as the driven Emily, Chenoweth and Modine are unable to breathe much life into their schematic roles, while the supporting players are basically saddled with conveying a compendium of quirks.
Quirky indie hell, thy name is Family Weekend. Benjamin Epps's film is the very definition of affected cutie-pie whimsy and weirdness.
