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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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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a bit of a mess
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Utterly forgettable, even with its great cast
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Star-studded cliched rubbish
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Just barely worth checking out, and even then, it's only for the actors.
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