Condescending, patronizing, arrogant, childish, interfering, nosy, demanding. All words that should not be dominated by the F word, that being Family, a unit that the feel good writers of the movies seem to be determined to take down. The liberal attack on family values has no middle ground. Everybody in the many films made in this genre is filled with a not so positive motivation, with agendas, judgments and bugs up their butt the size of lobsters. Writers expect audiences to believe that just because they put the words on the page that it has to be true. They underestimate the intelligence of the average movie goer, trying to get them to imbibe the kool aide and come to think, Family life, bad bad bad. Single life, me me me, good good good.
Yet another family get together movie, set for a big event (in this case Thanksgiving, oh gee how original), where old resentments, hidden in passive/aggressive friendliness masking hatred, jealousy and ego. The three siblings of professor Peter Bogdanovich, from two different marriages, all hateful to each other in that manner, and now involving third generation family members to lord over each other with power and a know it all attitude of superiority.
Poppy (Bogdanovich) has a gorgeous home, a wretched second wife who disrespects and tries to dominate everybody, and at least Bogdanivich tries to indicate the sense of a living death within his character. Everybody has some horrid secret which when revealed just seems to give a sense of joy to the others, and that just gets old very fast. That really makes this an unappealing attempt at exploring family issues with dignity and an attempt to try to grow from mistakes. If I had a family living like this, I'd gladly call myself an orphan.
Yet another family get together movie, set for a big event (in this case Thanksgiving, oh gee how original), where old resentments, hidden in passive/aggressive friendliness masking hatred, jealousy and ego. The three siblings of professor Peter Bogdanovich, from two different marriages, all hateful to each other in that manner, and now involving third generation family members to lord over each other with power and a know it all attitude of superiority.
Poppy (Bogdanovich) has a gorgeous home, a wretched second wife who disrespects and tries to dominate everybody, and at least Bogdanivich tries to indicate the sense of a living death within his character. Everybody has some horrid secret which when revealed just seems to give a sense of joy to the others, and that just gets old very fast. That really makes this an unappealing attempt at exploring family issues with dignity and an attempt to try to grow from mistakes. If I had a family living like this, I'd gladly call myself an orphan.
