One of my favourite directors French Luc Besson (Le Grand Bleu, The Fifth Element, Angel-A) and some house-worthy and notable actors, Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer, but sadly not a very gripping story. Based on a book by Tonino Benacquista and adapted into screenplay by Besson and Michael Caleo I felt that this film’s message wasn’t one of great substance or driving message. If you want a light, entertaining and violent film, then this will be the one for you!
This 2013 comedy-crime-thriller was quite reminiscent of 2009’s ‘The Joneses’ which viewers got a taste into the daily life of a ‘strong’ family and the immense secret they all shared. ‘The Family’ however was Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality, the exploding gruesome content familiar to Tarantino-type films; but violence and sex sells and with an approximate budget of $30 million USD they made back a cool $36 million USD at the box-office.
With a run-time of 111 minutes and a lot of big bangs from the mafia life, this film delivers mostly jokes if anything. Don’t expect to be mesmerized or have your brain left tingling with questions from beyond.
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