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2019
R
The Film Arcade
1 h 25 m

2019
R
The Film Arcade
1 h 25 m

Summary Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is a workaholic. She hates kids. She hates most social situations, because she doesn't know what to do with her arms. So when her estranged brother Joe tracks her down to watch her awkward and bullied 12 year old niece Maddie, Kate thinks babysitting for the week can't get any worse—until Maddie runs away to...

Comedy

Directed By: Laura Steinel

Written By: Laura Steinel

2019
R
The Film Arcade
1 h 25 m

2019
R
The Film Arcade
1 h 25 m

Family

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

60

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

7.7

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Summary Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is a workaholic. She hates kids. She hates most social situations, because she doesn't know what to do with her arms. So when her estranged brother Joe tracks her down to watch her awkward and bullied 12 year old niece Maddie, Kate thinks babysitting for the week can't get any worse—until Maddie runs away to...

Comedy

Directed By: Laura Steinel

Written By: Laura Steinel

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
5 Reviews

38% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
5 Reviews

38% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Mar 16, 2018

Much of Family‘s humor comes from the juxtaposition of Kate and Maddie’s bonding with moments of pitch-black selfishness.

By Dan Caffrey FULL REVIEW

Apr 19, 2019

There’s some surprisingly compelling footage, played over the end credits, of real life Juggalos providing testimonials about what their community means to them, and in that a message about understanding the misunderstood.

By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

86% Positive
6 Ratings

14% Mixed
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User Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

86% Positive
6 Ratings

14% Mixed
1 Rating

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Los Angeles Times

Apr 17, 2019

This charming, shaggy story of embracing oneself to authentically connect with others is peppered with appealing performances from Brian Tyree Henry and Kate McKinnon, and a truly bravura turn by Schilling as a woman frazzled to her wits’ end.

By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Apr 24, 2019

Family succeeds, for the most part, because of and not despite the sheer familiarity of its hoary storyline.

By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW

Mar 16, 2018

Family is funny in bits and pieces, but so obvious in terms of its eventual direction that it might have been better served by less plot and more clowning around.

By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

Apr 19, 2019

Appealing on a scene-by-scene basis but generic like its title — it might as well have been called “About a Girl” as a thematic nod to Chris and Paul Weitz’s superb 2002 film — Steiner’s dull comedy lacks the crucial feelings that could have made the suburban aunt-niece tale at its center more memorable.

By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Apr 18, 2019

Thoroughly good-natured and with a handful of decent jokes (like Kate McKinnon as a vulpine suburban mom), Family would be more interesting if, instead of trying to rewire Kate, it just admitted that her harsh honesty and benign neglect were more beneficial to Maddie than her mother’s anxious hovering.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Naegle Ink, Stage 6 Films

Release Date Apr 19, 2019

Duration 1 h 25 m

Rating R

Genres

Comedy

Website https://www.facebook.com/familythemov/

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Awards

SXSW Film Festival

• 2 Nominations

AFI Fest

• 1 Nomination

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