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  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Video
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Video
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary The story of a pair of New York City lovers, Stephen (Lauren) and Danny (Gartin) whose world is turned upside-down when Stephen's parents pop in for an unexpected visit. Stephen's parents know that he is gay. What they don't know is that their son and his boyfriend are hit men for the Mafia! (Here! Films)

Directed By: Kristen Coury

Written By: Joseph Triebwasser

  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Video
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Video
  • 1 h 27 m

Friends and Family

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary The story of a pair of New York City lovers, Stephen (Lauren) and Danny (Gartin) whose world is turned upside-down when Stephen's parents pop in for an unexpected visit. Stephen's parents know that he is gay. What they don't know is that their son and his boyfriend are hit men for the Mafia! (Here! Films)

Directed By: Kristen Coury

Written By: Joseph Triebwasser

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
36
14% Positive
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43% Mixed
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43% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Mixed
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43% Negative
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70
It makes for a nice lightweight evening.
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60
Unusually slick, mini-budgeted and broad piece of slapstick that liberally borrows from Neil Simon and "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight'' with the twist that gay hit men are the romantic heroes.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
50
A mild but diverting farce about misperceptions involving gays and goombas.
By Phil Hall FULL REVIEW
40
Coury has made a technically polished first film, but her sense of comic timing and sexual politics is strictly borscht belt.
By Chuck Wilson FULL REVIEW
30
Quickly collapses into an overloaded, slow-moving series of predictable jokes and forced situations.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
20
First-timer Coury's fast pace can't outrun Joseph Triebwasser's predictable script, saddled with mobster clichés and queer stereotypes.
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20
It is an inept, inane Mafia comedy with a gay angle, all the more insufferable because director Kristen Coury and writer Joseph Triebwasser clearly think they're being wonderfully cute and clever.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Belladonna Productions, Charleson Pictures
Release Date May 16, 2003
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Meet the real gay mafia!
Website http://www.friendsandfamily-themovie.com/
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