The Family
Relativity Media | Release Date: September 13, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
14
Negative:
10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisSep 18, 2013
It dispassionately plays like a video game with a high body count. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithSep 30, 2013
Remember when Robert De Niro was an interesting actor? These days his talent, like his character in The Family, is in the witness protection program, never to be seen again. Read full review
25
Washington PostStephanie MerrySep 13, 2013
After the movie limps along for an hour and a half, Besson suddenly switches gears and does what he does best. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Adam NaymanSep 12, 2013
There isn’t a single genuinely sharp sequence in the entire movie. The casting of Robert De Niro as an ex-Mafioso hiding in witness protection is witty in only the silliest, most superficial way. It’s a joke with its own tinny, built-in laugh track. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoSep 12, 2013
A film whose only distinguishing characteristic is how big a mess it makes of its already meager ambitions. Read full review
25
The PlaylistGabe ToroSep 12, 2013
The Family is ultimately a headache, nearly two hours of baseball bat beatings and dull witticisms, with zero inventiveness or energy. Read full review
20
The GuardianCatherine ShoardNov 21, 2013
Robert De Niro does further damage to a reputation much battered by "The Big Wedding." Read full review
20
Time Out LondonAshley ClarkNov 19, 2013
The film’s sole saving grace is Tommy Lee Jones’s amusingly cranky FBI agent, but he can’t save this ship from sinking. Read full review
20
Time OutNick SchagerSep 13, 2013
Director Luc Besson treats his protagonists as likable cartoons yet never provides a single reason to view them as anything less than remorseless, repugnant psychos. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 12, 2013
It’s too bad we can’t take a hit out on The Family. This unexciting, unfunny would-be action satire is filled with Italian-American stereotypes, decades-old TV-style Mafia cliches, bits of business that never amount to anything and actors so much better than the hoary, one-joke material. Read full review
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