The Family (2019)

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 9, 2019
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ann Donahue
    Aug 14, 2019
    83
    “The Family” is a profoundly troubling examination of the theocracy that wields power behind-the-scenes in Washington D.C.
  2. Primetimer
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    Sep 4, 2019
    70
    From adulterous senators to anti-LGBTQ European demagogues to African gangster-statesmen, The Family shows over and over how The Fellowship was co-opted by politicians to curry favor with the evangelical power structure. ... What The Family doesn’t do is explain why The Fellowship exists in the first place. Why were so many upstanding men (and, um, some women in there, somewhere) not only drawn to Fellowship work but committed to it for years?

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User Score
5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 3 out of 9
  1. MichaelArc
    Aug 22, 2019
    10
    This show exemplifies the uniting Power in the name of Jesus and how it's effect had and have always resonated in the corridors of power.This show exemplifies the uniting Power in the name of Jesus and how it's effect had and have always resonated in the corridors of power. Brilliant docuseries. Do Jesus. Be Jesus.

    Great show!    … Full Review »
  2. mickrussom
    Dec 2, 2019
    0
    typical slander and libel by the leftist traitors who use the soviet media and news companies to slime christians, white people and anyonetypical slander and libel by the leftist traitors who use the soviet media and news companies to slime christians, white people and anyone accused of wrongthink by the leftists. note how neither the media outlets reporting on 'the family' bother to let them get a word in edgewise and present this farce as a 'documentary' which it isnt. sad.… Full Review »
  3. pierre29177
    Aug 19, 2019
    4
    Its ok to watch despite the acting reconstitution which was a bit dull . I also have the feeling that the documentary is build on one thingIts ok to watch despite the acting reconstitution which was a bit dull . I also have the feeling that the documentary is build on one thing only , showing that the family is a bad organisation, which is probably true , but they tell us that idea like an evangelist would have done it, without really explaining things in details . It’s something to watch like a serie but not like a real documentary and if you do it like that it's entertaining.… Full Review »
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