Family Law has a sweet sense of how families try to interact and connect... There's nothing big about this film but it's filled with small joys and insights.
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08/18/07
Family Law (2006)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:30
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: What Family Law lacks in overt drama and conflict, it more than makes us with warm performances and smart, sharp dialogue.
Theatrical Release:Dec 6, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Ariel Perelman is an attorney, like his father. And, because it is customary in Argentina to do so, the people refer to them both as Dr Perelman--regardless of whether they mean the father or the... [More]
Starring: Adriana Aizemberg, Damian Dreizik, Daniel Hendler, Jean Pierre Reguerraz
Director: Daniel Burman
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Reviews for Family Law
Full of subtle dark humor that won't make you bend with laughter but certainly may cause you to giggle.
03/16/07
There's a bright cheer to Daniel Burman's film that skirts but narrowly avoids sentimentality.
12/07/06
A relaxed and enjoyable film from Argentina about a young man who is in no hurry to move out from under the shadow shed by his father, a popular and successful lawyer.
12/03/06
Una película sensible y disfrutable sobre las relaciones entre padres e hijos y la construcción de una individualidad, a pesar de las semejanzas.
08/21/06
A deceptively small film, one whose observations may continue to detonate quietly in your mind after the lights have come up.
12/15/06
Top CriticRings true from the first bell.
12/07/06
Like Lost Embrace, Family Law is funny and moving--a more mature, deceptively simple exploration of how to live.
12/13/06
Writer-director Daniel Burman's (Lost Embrace) drily humorous, poker-faced comedic style is once again used in full play in this funny and touching film.
12/08/06
Family Law is well acted, but if Antoine Doinel had been nearly this serene, Truffaut's career would have petered out after three films.
12/06/06
Top CriticBurman's vision veers dangerously close to the apathetic, but his actors bring heart to a film that blares with fine details.
08/22/06
Family Law [is] one of the best examinations of [fathers and sons] ever committed to celluloid.
12/30/06
This delicate, bittersweet comedy prepares you for an eruption of high drama that never arrives.
12/30/06
Top CriticA deft, witty and emotionally rewarding study of a thirtysomething man in his roles as father and son.
12/29/06
Top CriticThere are nuggets of truths to discover, but where's the drama?
11/17/06
Top CriticThis observant little movie does delicately touch on those unspoken assumptions that animate so many filial relationships. And the wry, soft-spoken tone is a welcome one amid the dysfunctional burlesques Hollywood routinely extrudes.
02/15/07
Top CriticAn introspective, if unfocused, look at the thoughts and moods of a Buenos Aires lawyer.
11/15/06
Particularly good at the tiny details that become recognition points in daily patterns.
12/29/06
Top CriticFamily Law offers a sweet, understated perspective on the psychological dance of wariness, hope and acceptance that occurs between many a father and son.
01/26/07
...a charming and low-key effort from Argentina which was their contender for the foreign language Oscar, though it didn't get nominated.
03/16/07
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