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Reviews Counted: 28

Fresh: 21

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 6.8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 75 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Oct 11, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: In his new feature documentary, Family Fundamentals, filmmaker Arthur Dong (Licensed to Kill, Coming Out Under Fire) continues his quest to understand American contempt for homosexuality and its... In his new feature documentary, Family Fundamentals, filmmaker Arthur Dong (Licensed to Kill, Coming Out Under Fire) continues his quest to understand American contempt for homosexuality and its effects on family, culture and the nation's political landscape. Armed with a digital camera, Dong takes viewers into the private, and sometimes very public lives, of three conservative Christian families with gay and lesbian children. -- © DeepFocus Productions, Inc [More]

Director: Arthur Dong

Director: Arthur Dong
Studio: DeepFocus Productions

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12/06/05
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05/13/05
Apollo Guide

A timely and incisive film about the untenable conflict between warring American values -- religious fundamentalism versus family love.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Chris Gore
Film Threat

A moving and important film.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
11/01/02
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Compassionate, potent documentary.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
10/31/02
Paula Nechak
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

It's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic. Unfortunately, that's precisely what Arthur Dong's Family Fundamentals does.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/20/02
Jordan Reed
Boxoffice Magazine

Has moments of great poignancy and insight.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
10/16/02
Nigam Nuggehalli
culturevulture.net

So many documentaries like this presuppose religious bigotry or zealous nuttiness of its antagonists, but Family Fundamentals displays a rare gift for unflinching impartiality.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
10/14/02
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

An earnest, heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives. It's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/11/02
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle
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[Dong] makes a valiant effort to understand everyone's point of view, and he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/11/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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10/11/02
Reel.com

Just how these families interact may surprise you.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/11/02
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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Dong shows how intolerance has the power to deform families, then tear them apart.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/10/02
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

As part of Mr. Dong's continuing exploration of homosexuality in America, Family Fundamentals is an earnest study in despair.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/10/02
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times
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Dong doesn’t demonize the conservative Christians he talks to, but he doesn’t have to...

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10/10/02
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he’s dissecting, and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
10/10/02
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

Compassionately explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative Christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/08/02
Melissa Anderson
Village Voice
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Using his audience as a figurative port-of-call, Dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading, before he continues his longer journey still ahead.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
10/07/02
Jon Lap
Apollo Guide

As in his other searingly intelligent docs, Dong presents the facts in an admirably clear-eyed way.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
10/05/02
David Noh
Film Journal International
 
 
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