Family Business
1989 · Movie · R · 110 min · ★ 5.7 · 45% critics
Three generations of one family face a crossroads when the youngest, long seen as the one to break the cycle, proposes a high-stakes burglary. As plans move forward, old grudges and clashing values surface, forcing them to weigh loyalty, ambition, and the cost of returning to a life they hoped to leave behind.
Also known as Sono affari di famiglia
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-12-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (276 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a character-focused crime story where a heist mainly fuels family conflict, with humor and melancholy mixed in, similar to The Pope of Greenwich Village; Not for you if you want nonstop action or a purely light comedy.
Pros: strong performances; sharp family tension; funny dialogue | Cons: uneven tone; slow pacing; shaky wrap-up
Themes
- heist
- criminal
- life sentence
Cast & crew
Sean Connery
as Jessie McMullen
Dustin Hoffman
as Vito McMullen
Matthew Broderick
as Adam McMullen
Rosanna DeSoto
as Elaine
Janet Carroll
as Margie
Victoria Jackson
as Christine
Bill McCutcheon
as Doheny
Deborah Rush
as Michele Dempsey
Marilyn Cooper
as Rose
Salem Ludwig
as Nat
Directed by Sidney Lumet