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05/12/07
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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02/24/07
Every movie is made up of certain nuts and bolts, and in Family Law they seem, quite frankly, a little loose.
02/16/07
The film itself goes nowhere.
12/08/06
Drastically overplotted and overwritten and could have used some editing to make it a tighter, more modest character piece.
03/08/07
With its slack plotting, the film itself feels as aimless as its main character.
02/03/07
There are nuggets of truths to discover, but where's the drama?
11/17/06
Top Critic[Director] Burman's decision to fill nearly every second of the film with Hendler's voice -- either in dialogue or in narration -- constrains Family Law to the point of view of an indecisive navel-gazer.
12/08/06
Admirably low-key, yet [director Daniel] Burman's relaxed approach becomes a liability -- everything goes down smoothly but leaves one hungry for something more substantial.
12/29/06
Burman based this comedy-drama on his experiences as a new father, and the results are warmly observational but slightly navel-gazing.
03/09/07
This delicate, bittersweet comedy prepares you for an eruption of high drama that never arrives.
12/30/06
Top CriticDirector-writer Daniel Burman follows the two lawyers through their daily chores. Little of consequence happens, and the lack of drama will keep viewers from caring about the characters.
12/08/06
An alternately charming and frustrating comic entertainment from Argentine writer-director Daniel Burman.
12/07/06
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
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.
08/18/07
A pleasant, crisply paced look at a wary character.
12/29/06
There's a bright cheer to Daniel Burman's film that skirts but narrowly avoids sentimentality.
12/07/06
Rings true from the first bell.
12/07/06
...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
Burman's vision veers dangerously close to the apathetic, but his actors bring heart to a film that blares with fine details.
08/22/06
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