Friends and Family
Regent Releasing | Release Date: May 16, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Dallas ObserverDavid Ehrenstein
It makes for a nice lightweight evening. Read full review
60
VarietyRobert Koehler
Unusually slick, mini-budgeted and broad piece of slapstick that liberally borrows from Neil Simon and "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight'' with the twist that gay hit men are the romantic heroes. Read full review
50
Film ThreatPhil Hall
A mild but diverting farce about misperceptions involving gays and goombas. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Coury has made a technically polished first film, but her sense of comic timing and sexual politics is strictly borscht belt. Read full review
30
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Quickly collapses into an overloaded, slow-moving series of predictable jokes and forced situations. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
It is an inept, inane Mafia comedy with a gay angle, all the more insufferable because director Kristen Coury and writer Joseph Triebwasser clearly think they're being wonderfully cute and clever. Read full review
20
Village VoiceJorge Morales
First-timer Coury's fast pace can't outrun Joseph Triebwasser's predictable script, saddled with mobster clichés and queer stereotypes. Read full review
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