A Family Affair

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A Family Affair

PG-13

Released Jun 28, 2024

1h 51m

Romance

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It makes no emotional sense whatsoever.

Jul 13, 2024

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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

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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

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

A mediocre romantic comedy with no depth nor substance, this one screams half-hearted and shallow.

Aug 7, 2024

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Emma Vine

Loud and Clear Reviews

A Family Affair invites viewers into a lavish world and a fantastical romance that one can only dream of. Yet it’s funny, wildly entertaining, and all in good fun.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 7, 2024

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Joey M

I thought this would be a great movie considering the actors involved. Boy was I wrong. I could barely make it though 1/2 the film and finally gave up. The plot, acting, and predictability was not good.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Holly W

Nicole Kidman’s hair and eyebrows are terrible and her face and lips are so fake; she was much more beautiful as a natural. The romantic scenes are cringe.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Jane S

I like Nicole Kidman, and that's what made me watch this movie. I don't like Joey King’s character. The girl needs to quit her job and move out of her mom’s life, let her mom move on, and try dating and have flings again. The whole movie is about her being a meddling B and getting a life of her own.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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Jerod S

The Kidman Efron combo doesn't work for me, outside of the fact that both of their faces look reconstructed. The age gap aside, the story makes no emotional sense at all.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Luis Otavio F

No, a thousand times no, too bad to be true, I couldn't finish it because it was so disgusting.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Reagan B

This movie infuriates me. Are we supposed to disagree with Joey King's character?? Her mother crosses some serious boundaries into her adult daughter's life by sleeping and then dating her awful boss who terrorizes her and makes her life miserable. King is gas lit by everyone to let her mother date her psycho of a boss and when she brings to light all the terrible things he did to her she's the bad guy. Terrible mother-daughter dynamic and just straight creepy.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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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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