Family Affair
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network | Release Date: November 19, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 18, 2010
The filmmaking is rough and rather clumsy, but by ceding the floor to his open, highly articulate sisters, Mr. Colvard has created a fascinatingly raw study of ferociously wielded male power. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellNov 20, 2010
Great as it is, this is not a ticket buying kind of movie. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearNov 17, 2010
Far be it from us to deny the director his deserved catharsis or to dissuade someone from speaking out about abuse. Still, Family Affair feels less like a documentary than one man's filmed therapy marathon, to which you're voyeuristically privy in an oversharing-on-Oprah sort of way. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerNov 17, 2010
While Colvard's film is always queasily watchable, as with other voyeuristic entertainments that insist on making the private public, there's the sense that such matters may be better dealt with in-house-or in a courtroom-than writ large on a movie screen. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNov 19, 2010
Chico Colvard's tragic documentary is blunt and rather artless, but it does make for impactful, and deeply disturbing, viewing. Read full review
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