Family Weekend

Name: Family Weekend
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family
Released: March 29, 2013
Rating: 35

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ARC Entertainment (II) | Release Date: March 29, 2013 | R

Summary: A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

Director: Benjamin Epps

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Family

Rating: R

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Farran Smith Nehme

Mar 28, 2013

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. Read full review

Mark Olsen

Mar 28, 2013

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. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Mar 28, 2013

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. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Mar 28, 2013

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. Read full review

Andy Webster

Mar 28, 2013

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. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Mar 28, 2013

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. Read full review

Nick Schager

Mar 26, 2013

Quirky indie hell, thy name is Family Weekend. Benjamin Epps's film is the very definition of affected cutie-pie whimsy and weirdness. Read full review

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Kiva

Sep 5, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film is not actually as bad as it seems. It is not excellent but it isn't something that will wast badly your time. It has some enjoyable moments and a few goofs but the thing is that the film is a actually original and this script hasn't been made again and again. Of course it would have a happy ending but that's something we knew from the start. The girl's performance was really good too. That's all I have to say for that movie that needs your attention and many people will like it and many people wont like it for some reasons. I enjoyed it at some points. That's all I need to say.… Expand

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LeZee

Feb 4, 2018

Time for parents to learn some lessons!

First thing, it was not your a typical film. Though it lacked the proper story structure. The concept seems silly. Like only for cinematically happenable. Since it is not about so serious, they had to cover all scenes, events within itsTime for parents to learn some lessons!

First thing, it was not your a typical film. Though it lacked the proper story structure. The concept seems silly. Like only for cinematically happenable. Since it is not about so serious, they had to cover all scenes, events within its classification, which were not bad actually. But the thing is, it is an R film with the majority of the cast was children. In reality, most of them were in their 20s, but the story wise, they are teens.

A teenager decides to take hostage of her parents to teach them some lesson for not attending her sporting competition. Her siblings join, and a couple of outsiders too. It was not a well planned event of the weekend, so some unexpected turn takes. But how it all ends, the consequence of such undertaking, all told is the final quarters.

A unique and an entertaining film. Despite lots of fun, there are some serious side too. Like awareness about the family unity. Being there for one another in all circumstances. Some viewers might get emotional too. In one of the scenes with a knife in the mouth, I scared that something bad could happen. Olesya Rulin was good. I hope she does more films in the lead. The film was four years old, so Joey was younger than her recent films I've seen. She's one of the next big star. Watch it if you are bored of regular comedies, yet still it is just an above average.

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DanMcMan

Jun 23, 2013

What's that mom and dad? What's that mom and dad? You- You want me to stop eating fruit rollups? Yiff off. Yiff off. What's that mom and dad? You want me to stop watching T.V. during a street shark marathon? Yiff off! Yiff off.

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