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A Family Affair

Play trailer 2:00 Poster for A Family Affair PG-13 Released Jun 28, 2024 1h 51m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A surprising romance kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they face the complications of love, sex, and identity.
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Despite Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman's welcome return to rom-com territory, A Family Affair squabbles with its own tonality too much to elevate its litany of clichés.

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Jacob Oller AV Club Directed by Richard LaGravenese, every moment in A Family Affair sits there as lifelessly as Gerard Butler’s character in LaGravenese’s most successful movie, P.S. I Love You. Rated: D- Oct 25, 2024 Full Review Peter Rainer FilmWeek (LAist) It makes no emotional sense whatsoever. Jul 13, 2024 Full Review Wenlei Ma The Nightly (AU) The movie is what it is. It’s not going to blow your mind, change your perspective on life or inspire you to rewatch it. But in the moment? It’s fine. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 12, 2024 Full Review Samantha Schuster Cinéfilo Serial A romantic comedy with a star-studded cast, but it doesn't quite make the most of its story, delivering a clichéd and predictable trope. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Jul 18, 2025 Full Review Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) No chemistry between the leads. Mar 28, 2025 Full Review Nicholas Bell Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) Although it's playing with some offbeat elements, a lack of discernible interiority robs this bizarre rom-com oddity of maintaining our interests or attention. Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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JoLynn M So bad... borderline uncomfortable watching Nicole Kidman and Zach Effron as love interests given their > 20 yr age gap. It's like Nicole Kidman got a facelift and started staring in all these weird sexualized movies. Maybe her version of a midlife crises? Regardless, wouldn't recommend it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review Bre S I loved this movie! I feel like the story line was great! I am 35 years old I’m not married, I don’t have children, however I wish I would have focused more on family but in this movie everyone I feel is going to take something from it good or bad when it comes to age, love, and relationships! But I enjoyed it and everyone played their roles perfectly as far as I’m concerned and I’m the audience.. I believe that’s what movies and/or films are all about I felt like I knew them lol but that’s what we are looking for!! Wether relatable or not like a fairy tale at the end of some Disney movies I feel like a princess or and fairy and that is what the Director wants. Ending in success!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review Aye E This was way more enjoyable than expected, took me a bit to get past the plastic unmoveable faces of the leads, but their performances were good enough to overlook it eventually. It's a silly comedy with a lot of unrealistic moments, but it's a fantasy, so who cares. Love Joey King in this and Zac Efron is fun. This is along the lines of many underdeveloped movies cranked out for Netflix slapped with big name stars to try to get viewers, but it's more fun to watch then most of the others. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/25 Full Review Roisin S One of the worst romcom plots ever. Joey kings character is wronged by everyone. Very difficult watch, writers need fired. Characters are all awful. Nothing interesting happens just follows some rich nepotism babies in the film industry whining and having awful relationships. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/24/25 Full Review Rhonda T This movie was horrible..... I love Nicole Kidman.....but she is not sexy at all in this movie....I mean the romance scenes....are totally unbelievable...... not to body shame, but she looks like the crypt keeper in this movie.... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Conrad C At times it definitely felt like the mom's character (and thus the romance) was taking a back seat to Joey King's role, which was an odd characteristic for a rom-com. It was probably the only way this movie could be said to stand out. Not the best performances by any of the actors, and for Efron it was straight-up disappointing. Only if your expectations are already low will this movie slide by, otherwise it'll be a little worse of a rom-com than you're used to. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A surprising romance kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they face the complications of love, sex, and identity.
Director
Richard LaGravenese
Producer
Alyssa Altman, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Joe Roth
Screenwriter
Richard LaGravenese, Carrie Solomon
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Roth/Kirschenbaum Films
Rating
PG-13 (Some Strong Language|Sexual Content|Partial Nudity)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 28, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 28, 2024
Runtime
1h 51m
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