The Family Plan
Apple TV+ | Release Date (Streaming): December 15, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
4
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70
The New York TimesCalum MarshDec 14, 2023
This is pretty routine material, but it’s been realized with charm and enthusiasm: The director, Simon Cellan Jones, maintains a good handle on the comic-thriller tone and shoots the action with wit and creativity. Read full review
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Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDec 14, 2023
The Family Plan exists in a world that defies all logic and reality. Granted, this is an over-the-top comedy, and yes, there are a few dark laughs, but this is basically a live-action cartoon with a deadly premise. Read full review
50
IndieWireWilson ChapmanDec 16, 2023
The Family Plan resembles the first Dan more than the second, too predictable and formulaic to excite, without the juice to become a family favorite. Read full review
45
The Daily BeastNick SchagerDec 15, 2023
Cheerfully dumb and dutifully formulaic, it’s “content” in the worst sense of the term. Read full review
40
EmpireBarry LevittJan 2, 2024
A comic thriller that isn’t especially funny or particularly exciting, The Family Plan is an overlong slog that struggles to make use of its game cast. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 14, 2023
Stretching its high concept but thin results to the breaking point, The Family Plan feels like a movie whose best moments were during the pitch meeting. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 14, 2023
The script works efficiently and everyone involved sells it hard; there are continuous closeup cutaways to that cute and gurgling baby who never cries no matter what happens. But the sheer robotic sheen of the film in the end works against it. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoDec 15, 2023
No one on-screen is to blame for the failure of The Family Plan. They’re all fine, but they’re swimming upstream against a script that doesn’t give them enough to do and a director who fails at blending an average family and uncommon action into one vision. Read full review
30
VarietyGuy LodgeDec 14, 2023
Each setpiece is composed and paced much like the last, which only amplifies the sense of Dan as some kind of unflustered, largely unsympathetic man-machine, paused only by the script’s fleeting interpersonal conflicts. Read full review
30
ColliderNate RichardDec 14, 2023
There's a sweetness buried deep inside The Family Plan, but it gets completely smothered beneath all the jarring and poorly cut action and weird subplots that lead nowhere. Outside a few chuckles and a likable cast, there's nothing that makes it stand out. Read full review
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Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerDec 18, 2023
There is nothing in The Family Plan that you haven’t seen before, to the point that there’s somehow even less. Read full review
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