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Friends and Family (2002)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:8
Rotten:10
Average Rating:4.4/10
Theatrical Release:May 16, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Stephen and Danny are a gay male couple who are enforcers for a New York Mafia family. Stephen's parents, who know that their son is gay but not that he works for the Mafia, decide to pay a... [More]
Starring: Tony Lo Bianco, Greg Lauren, Christopher Gartin, Tovah Feldshuh
Director: Kristen Coury
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Reviews for Friends and Family
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 1/5 |
Which is worse? Lame jokes about gays or lame jokes about the mob? Full Review |
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You haven't lived until you've seen a bunch of straight goombas taking a crash course in swish history, the better to pose as employees of a catering company. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Is the movie finding its jokes in subverting the stereotypes or in the stereotypes themselves? Full Review |
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Makes the clobbering minds behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding seem the apotheosis of subtlety and nuance by comparison. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A passably entertaining comedy of accretion that doesn't amount to much. Full Review |
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1/5 |
There's no rhythm or style to any of it, just the dismal feeling that the filmmakers have seen La Cage Aux Folles and The Godfather too many times. Full Review |
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2/5 |
An overloaded, slow-moving series of predictable jokes and forced situations. Full Review |
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First-timer Coury's fast pace can't outrun Joseph Triebwasser's predictable script, saddled with mobster clichés and queer stereotypes. Full Review |
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the making of Friends and Family must have been more than watching it, but not much more. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
"The Sopranos" meet "La Cage Aux Folles," with a heavy and happy emphasis on humor which camps up the gay stereotypes. Full Review |
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6/10 |
Never thought I'd say this about a film, but it's just not gay enough. Wait to rent it. Full Review |
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C- |
Wants very much to mimic the screwball comedies of the forties with a gay twist, but the script and direction are simply too clumsy to carry it off. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The movie is slick, the boys are gorgeous, and most of it is innocent fun, but the romp is spoiled by the subplot in very bad taste. Full Review |
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B- |
Predictable fun, but fun all the same. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Despite their missteps, first-timers Kristen Coury, as director, and writer Joseph Triebwasser create enough silliness to keep things amusing. Full Review |
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D |
It's a dreary, 'when will it end' Birdcage rip-off. Full Review |
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Painless, sweet comedy. Full Review |
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Director Kristen Coury has made a technically polished first film, but her sense of comic timing and sexual politics is strictly borscht belt. Full Review |
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