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Family Business (1989)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:6

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, and Matthew Broderick star as three generations of a family formerly linked to organized crime. Grandfather Jesse has been in and out of jail, and his son Vito has... Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, and Matthew Broderick star as three generations of a family formerly linked to organized crime. Grandfather Jesse has been in and out of jail, and his son Vito has decided to leave a life of crime in order to become a respectable family man, but when grandson Adam comes up with a can't-miss heist plan, the intergenerational sparks begin to fly. [More]

Starring: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosana De Soto

Starring: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosana De Soto, Janet Carroll, Victoria Jackson, Marilyn Cooper, James Tolkan, Luis Guzmán

Director: Sidney Lumet

Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenwriter: Vincent Patrick
Producer: Lawrence Gordon
Composer: Cy Coleman

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Utterly forgettable, even with its great cast

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James Sanford
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Kalamazoo Gazette

Star-studded cliched rubbish

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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Christian Toto
Washington Times

A terrific seriocomic crime caper that nobody knew how to sell. Often feels like a 1970s movie that somehow ended up in 1989.

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