2011
R
Entertainment One
1 h 27 m

2011
R
Entertainment One
1 h 27 m

Summary Life in suburban Serenity, Ohio is never quite as serene as it appears. The dysfunctional Burnett family – Bunnie, Jack and their twin 17 year olds Eric and Kelly – seems like a lost cause. When a freak accident leaves Bunnie with a case of amnesia, the Burnetts get an unexpected second chance at happiness. Meanwhile, next door neighbor...

Directed By: Vivi Friedman

Written By: Mark Lisson

2011
R
Entertainment One
1 h 27 m

2011
R
Entertainment One
1 h 27 m

The Family Tree

Name: The Family Tree
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2011-08-26
Duration: 1 min 27 s
Rating: 24
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Max Thieriot, Britt Robertson

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

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Directed By: Vivi Friedman

Written By: Mark Lisson

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Los Angeles Times

Aug 25, 2011

Director Vivi Friedman's inability to successfully reconcile the film's duality undercuts an eclectic cast gamely committed to Mark Lisson's thematically ambitious, if scattered, script.

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Time Out

Aug 24, 2011

Surprise! The upper-middle-class family is still rotten to the core. In Vivi Friedman's overstuffed farce, the parents cheat on each other, the daughter dresses like a streetwalker, and the Bible-thumping son starts carrying a Glock.

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Village Voice

Aug 23, 2011

Thin as it is, Family Tree is no slog - the droll, attentive performances by Davis and Mulroney are endearing, and the extraneous guest-star bits (including Christina Hendricks as a secretary, no less) and rambling B stories aren't overly distracting.

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Variety

Aug 20, 2011

Suffers from severe problems of tone, a surfeit of undeveloped plot points and characters, and bland direction.

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Slant Magazine

Aug 22, 2011

A few trite race and religion jokes goose up what's mostly a sentimental story of a dysfunctional family suddenly and magically learning to function again.

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New York Post

Aug 26, 2011

Family Tree, which seems to have been written using indie-film Mad Libs, devolves into way too many quirky subplots.

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The New York Times

Aug 25, 2011

The only reason I can think of to watch Vivi Friedman's flat, satirical farce The Family Tree - and it's not a good enough reason - is the opportunity to play a game of spot the semi-star.

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Production Company Driving Lessons

Release Date Aug 26, 2011

Duration 1 h 27 m

Rating R

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Website http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/pages/The-Family-Tree/107549722613939

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Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachel Levy

Hope Davis

Bunnie Burnett

Dermot Mulroney

Jack Burnett

Max Thieriot

Eric Burnett

Britt Robertson

Kelly Burnett

Christopher Bradley

Bobby Overmier

Chi McBride

Simon Krebs

Christina Hendricks

Alicia Bouche

Gabrielle Anwar

Nina Fouts

Keith Carradine

Reverend Diggs

Newell Alexander

Dr. Lieberman

Evan Ross

Josh Krebs

Mac Brandt

Young Police Officer

Jermaine Williams

Trey

Shad Moss

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Adrian Alvarado

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Madeline Zima

Mitzy Steinbacher

Steven Grayhm

Andy Porter

Jake Richardson

Roy

Eddie Hassell

Ricky Johnson

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