Storyline
The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Directors
Cast
Domenick Lombardozzi, Dianna Agron, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Dominic Chianese, Ted Arcidi, Gino Cafarelli, John D'Leo, Michelle Pfeiffer, David Belle, Vincent Pastore, Anthony Desio, Régis Royer, Stan Carp, Jimmy Palumbo, Christopher Craig, Paul Borghese, Kresh Novakovic, Jon Freda, Michael J. Panichelli Jr., Dan Cade, Oisin Stack, Jonas Bloquet, Gaëlle Jeantet
Trailer
Reviews
75
The Family is the rare breed of pitch-black comedy that effectively uses violence for laughs or gasps, depending on the situation.
60
Village Voice
You can be chuckling one minute then cowering and cringing the next, which tinges the humor with apprehension and taints the brutality with absurdity. That isn't to say that the combo doesn't work at all.
60
The movie has holes galore. It has abrupt tonal shifts, an incoherent back story and abandoned subplots. It doesn’t even try for basic credibility. But buoyed by hot performances, it sustains a zapping electrical energy.
50
Besson aims his movie at anyone who’s ever held a grudge at an ill-mannered French waiter or clerk (haughty, and by the way, they’d NEVER condescend to speak to you in English). If that includes you, The Family has serves up a little wish-fulfillment payback, with a baseball bat.
50
The Family is a fish-out-of-water/buddy comedy/Mob flick. But most of all, it's a missed opportunity.
