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The Family Tree
2011 87m R
Drama
,
Comedy
5.4
10%
24%
52%
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A mother and wife stricken with memory loss allows a dysfunctional family a second chance at harmony and happiness.
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Directed By
Vivi Friedman
Written By
Mark Lisson
Studio
Entertainment One
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Cast of The Family Tree
Dermot Mulroney
Jack Burnett
Hope Davis
Bunnie Burnett
Britt Robertson
Kelly Burnett
Max Thieriot
Eric Burnett
Gabrielle Anwar
Nina
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachel
Selma Blair
Ms. Delbo
Madeline Zima
Mitzi
Jane Seymour
Grandma Ilene
Keith Carradine
Reverend Diggs
Shad Moss
T-Boy
Christina Hendricks
Alicia
Ally Maki
Shauna
Chi McBride
Simon Krebs
Newell Alexander
Dr. Lieberman
Evan Ross
Josh Krebs
Mac Brandt
Young Police Officer
Evan Handler
Harv Drucker
Jake Richardson
Roy
The Family Tree Reviews
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a misguided and thoroughly obnoxious piece of work that wears out its welcome almost immediately.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
The only reason I can think of to watch Vivi Friedman's flat, satirical farce "The Family Tree" - and it's not a good enough reason - is the opportunity to play a game of spot the semi-star.
jackiekcooper.com
Jackie K. Cooper
There are too many branches on this tree trying to give every unemployed actor in Hollywood a job.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
To judge from the talent she drew for her shaky debut, Vivi Friedman must either be very well connected or an awfully smooth talker.
New York Post
Sara Stewart
"Mad Men" devotees may show up for Christina Hendricks, who plays Mulroney's buxom secretary. Quite the acting stretch.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
Friedman's inability to successfully reconcile the film's duality undercuts an eclectic cast gamely committed to Mark Lisson's thematically ambitious, if scattered, script.
We Got This Covered
Sean Kernan
The Family Tree is a surprisingly funny dysfunctional family comedy that manages to entertain throughout.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Another around-the-bend black comedy that doesn't work.
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
There's not much dramatic glue here to huff, leaving The Family Tree satisfying on a technical level, with external developments more captivating than internal deliberation.
Paste Magazine
Sean Gandert
The Family Tree is never willing to try and really understand its family, instead creating wall of surface-level quirks as shorthand for their personalities.
eFilmCritic.com
Erik Childress
Think Overboard with masturbating, asphyxiated teens, gun-toting/weed-smoking priests, lesbian high school teachers preying on her students, a parade of wasted talent, and Bow Wow.
BlackFilm.com
Wilson Morales
Here's a film that consists of a hodgepodge of blah. Too many subplots are crammed into this dramedy that leaves little for emotion or laughter.
Filmcritic.com
Blake French
fresh and engaging...and quite funny
TheIndependentCritic.com
Richard Propes
Warrants consideration on the basis of Hope Davis's strong performance.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
The Burnett clan manages to encompass virtually every clich of any dramedy made in the last decade that has garnered or hoped to garner Oscar buzz.
Village Voice
Mark Holcomb
[It makes] a small case for not succumbing to nostalgic malaise -- too bad it's in a genre as played-out as [the] lead characters' passion.
CultureCatch
Brandon Judell
So in the end what we are presented with is a mildly affable comedy of familial dysfunction that wants to chide the times for being both morally and emotionally obtuse. Instead, The Family Tree winds up being little more than a film uprooted.
Television Without Pity
Ethan Alter
Davis could play a role like Bunnie in her sleep, Mulroney often seems to be asleep and the rest of the overqualified supporting cast just appears relieved that their screentime is limited.
Film Journal International
David Noh
This black comedy about a dysfunctional family strikes out on all counts: originality, wit and viewer tolerance.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
It has a terrific cast of actors doing committed work; it also has a screenplay that tries so hard to be quirky that it tires itself out.
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