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The Family That Preys
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Metascore
49 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics What's this?

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8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 41 Ratings

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  • Starring: Alfre Woodard, Kathy Bates, Sanaa Lathan
  • Summary: Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice’s self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea is betraying her trusting husband Chris by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother’s best friend’s son William. While cheating on his wife Jillian with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William’s true focus is to replace the COO of his mother’s lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice’s other daughter Pam, a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker, tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. (Lionsgate)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    75
    Was it just three years ago that Perry made his feature debut with "Diary of a Mad Black Woman?" Then his filmmaking was strictly amateur; now his sweeping pans and portentous closeups approach those of Pedro Almódovar.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    60
    Perry's notoriously overstuffed plots have sometimes been top-heavy, but this movie, like Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters," hangs on an elegant structure that doesn't feel forced.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    38
    Family, sadly, is a plate of leftovers: a bland, baldly written melodrama about two longtime best friends and their messed-up families.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
  1. Reggie33
    10
    I think The Family That Prey's is an excellent movie. It is all about what happens in our society today. It really made me mad about how Sanaa Lathan cheated on her husband with that white man all that time and treated him like trash. I was happy to see her husband slap the crap out of her. She did not have any respect for him. He deserves better. On top of that she got pregnant by that white man. Darlene Smith… Expand
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  2. LawrenceT
    10
    Perry's best so far. Positive reviews.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JayH.
    3
    Yet more Tyler Perry far fetched melodramatics, nice acting but the screenplay is completely unconvincing. Poor direction, fair score. Unmemorable and pointless.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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