The Perfect Family
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  • Starring: Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Kathleen Turner, Richard Chamberlain
  • Summary: In The Perfect Family, suburban mother and devout Catholic Eileen Cleary has always kept up appearances. When she runs for the Catholic Woman of the Year title at her local parish-an award she has coveted for years-her final test is introducing her family to the board for the seal of approval. Now she must finally face the nonconformist family she has been glossing over for years. Her gay daughter, Shannon, a successful lawyer, is about to marry her life partner Angela. Her unhappily married son Frank Jr. is cheating on his wife with the local manicurist. And Eileen's own marriage to a recovered alcoholic is pulling at the seams. (Variance Films)… Collapse

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    May 4, 2012
    75
    Make no mistake, though: The Perfect Family is Kathleen Turner's show. And when a series of crises forces Eileen to re-examine her values and beliefs, Turner rises magnificently to the occasion.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    Apr 28, 2012
    60
    Watching a consummate pro like Turner navigate an uneven script, veering from farcical determination, her cheeks puffed like those of a demented chipmunk, to utter devastation, can be immensely entertaining, particularly when she's backed by an able cast, as she is here.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Alison Willmore
    May 2, 2012
    50
    Turner's interactions with Deschanel are so much weightier than the rest of the film that the other storylines seem extraneous.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    May 1, 2012
    30
    Renton's competing tones and intentions result in a film at odds with itself and its lead performance.

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