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My Uncle Rafael

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A TV producer convinces an opinionated Armenian to be on a reality show and to whip a dysfunctional American family into shape before it falls apart.

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My Uncle Rafael

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times Sep 20, 2012
3/5
"My Uncle Rafael" elicits plenty of goofy chuckles even as it regularly threatens to fly off the rails. Go to Full Review
Zachary Wigon Slant Magazine Sep 20, 2012
2/4
It's all too simplistic, but there's something about watching this inept, callow, bourgeois family getting slapped, scolded, and generally schooled by their new, platitude-spewing Armenian "uncle" that's perversely entertaining. Go to Full Review
Nicolas Rapold New York Times Sep 20, 2012
2/5
A hokey story with a needless reality-show overlay. Go to Full Review
Shirley Sealy Film Journal International Sep 24, 2012
For anyone who has the bad luck to see this vanity production, it will be remembered as one of the worst films of the year--if not the decade. Go to Full Review
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Sep 23, 2012 Amazing film, I loved every part of it. I already knew it would be great bc it was sold out you literally had to buy tickets in advance. The theater was filled with laughter I love "Uncle Rafael" See more
Sep 22, 2012 Hilarious movie!!!! Gotta watch it! See more
Sep 21, 2012 Funny and sometimes emotional movie See more
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Cast & Crew

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Marc Fusco

Director

Vahik Pirhamzei

Uncle Rafael

Missi Pyle

Blair

John Michael Higgins

Damon

Anthony Clark

Jack

Joe Lo Truglio

Father Jim

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Movie Info

Synopsis A TV producer convinces an opinionated Armenian to be on a reality show and to whip a dysfunctional American family into shape before it falls apart.
Director
Marc Fusco
Producer
Vahik Pirhamzei, Michael Garrity
Screenwriter
Vahik Pirhamzei
Distributor
Rocky Mountain Pictures, Slater Brothers Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual References|Some Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 21, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$210.2K
Runtime
1h 42m
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