Fresh
This is a deliberately off-kilter, cheerfully violent, hit-and-miss effort with just enough moments of inspiration to warrant a recommendation.
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
The Family
Some call it organized crime. Others call it family.
2013 · 1h 51m · R
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Luc Besson
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Luc Besson Director
- Robert De Niro as Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Maggie Blake
- Dianna Agron as Belle Blake
- John D'Leo as Warren Blake
- Tommy Lee Jones as Robert Stansfield
- Jimmy Palumbo as DiCicco
- Gino Cafarelli as BBQ guest #2
- Dominic Chianese as Don Mimino
- David Belle as Mezzo
- Vincent Pastore as Fat Willy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A movie with a PG brain and a NC-17 body count, unsuitable for audiences of any age.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten
An all-star cast fails to rise above bloody japes and heavy-handed humor in this tale of a renegade Mob family hiding in a small French town.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
Rotten
A black comedy that doesn't begin to jell but has a sweetheart of a cast and the odd diverting moment.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
The casting of Robert De Niro as an ex-Mafioso hiding in witness protection is witty in only the silliest, most superficial way. It's a joke with its own tinny, built-in laugh track.
Adam Nayman, Globe and Mail
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