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The Family

2013 · Movie · R · 111 min · ★ 6.4 · 35% critics

CrimeComedyAction

After a deal goes bad, a Mafia-connected family is pushed into the Witness Protection Program and settles in a quiet town in France. Their handler tries to keep them in line, but old routines keep resurfacing—putting them at risk from vengeful mobsters.

Based on Malavita

Also known as Family, The · We're a Nice Normal Family · The Family Malavita

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Details
Years
2013
Release date
2013-09-13
Language
English
Rated
R
Runtime
111 min
Critic score
35/100
TMDB rating
6.4/10 (3,120 votes)
Box office
$78,400,000
Budget
$30,000,000
About

If you want a light, violent-on-and-off gangster comedy with a family trying to blend in, The Family may work for you; Not for you if you want steady laughs or genre consistency like Smokin' Aces or RED 2.

Pros: funny gangster vibe; likable family chaos; entertaining pace | Cons: tonal confusion; uneven laughs; harsh violence

Themes

  • high school
  • france
  • based on novel or book
  • italian american
  • hitman
  • culture clash
  • sadistic
  • new identity
  • witness protection
  • normandy, france
  • bullying
  • murder
  • +13 more

Cast & crew

Directed by Luc Besson