Chosen Family

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Chosen Family

Released Oct 11, 2024

1h 28m

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Ann (Heather Graham) is a yoga teacher struggling to achieve inner peace despite the fact her family is driving her crazy and her dating life is miserable. She doesn't know how to say no and wants to fix everyone's problems. In the meantime, Ann struggles to save her sister Clio (Julia Stiles) from addiction with disastrous results. With so many expectations on her, Ann leans on her good friends Max, Frances, Roz, and Ella for support. They in turn set her up with a cute divorced dad Steve, who has an adorable 7 year-old daughter. When Ann meets Steve's daughter Lily, she is immediately smitten. But Lily does not feel the same, and as Steve and Ann get closer, Lily grows increasingly jealous and competitive. When Lily starts to misbehave, Ann sees that Lily can do no wrong in Steve's eyes -- she's in the battle of her life with a 7-year-old.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

There aren’t exactly belly laughs in this tale of single yoga instructor Ann (Graham), but quite a few of zingers and bits that stick the landing nicely thanks to fluent direction and good comic timing from Graham and her excellent supporting cast.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 15, 2025

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Fiona Rae

Film Threat

In terms of production, the film is standard.

Rated: 6/10

Apr 21, 2025

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Emphasizing cutesy quirks over genuine emotion, this romantic comedy is a rather conventional exploration of relationships and self-discovery.

Jan 31, 2025

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

they actually have decent chemistry. The problem is the script doesn’t give them much to do.

Jan 5, 2025

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Monique Jones

Common Sense Media

Even if you judge this romantic dramedy by Hallmark standards, it falls short. Chosen Family is boring, repetitive, and uninteresting.

Oct 16, 2024

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

Graham’s only impressive feat is having made a movie in which not a single character resembles a functional human being.

Oct 16, 2024

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Clever G

While there are some worthwhile lessons in this movie, it’s packaged in a super boring film. with some really bad acting. Heather Graham was the best in this movie, but she couldn’t save this. Love Julia Styles, but wow. So bad. Waste of a good hour+ if my Sunday.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/25

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Enrique P

Heather Graham is amazing in this. The girl's been working since the 90's and she's still got it. Whatever this movie lacks, she reels it back in. I honestly don't get the hate this gets. There's twenty movies that are worse than I can list off. Graham works very well with the cast and I love her character. She is a triple threat in this: director, writer and actress. I love the indie vibe of this, it has an A-list actress in a rather low budget indie film and it works for me.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/29/25

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A C

Cute movie for a light Saturday night hang out

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/10/24

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Audience Member

Slow moving story that you hope goes somewhere but never really does.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/28/24

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Andre R

I really enjoyed the movie, not sure why the critics don't but I had a good time wathcing

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Bernard D

Fun movie. Good cast.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Synopsis

Ann (Heather Graham) is a yoga teacher struggling to achieve inner peace despite the fact her family is driving her crazy and her dating life is miserable. She doesn't know how to say no and wants to fix everyone's problems. In the meantime, Ann struggles to save her sister Clio (Julia Stiles) from addiction with disastrous results. With so many expectations on her, Ann leans on her good friends Max, Frances, Roz, and Ella for support. They in turn set her up with a cute divorced dad Steve, who has an adorable 7 year-old daughter. When Ann meets Steve's daughter Lily, she is immediately smitten. But Lily does not feel the same, and as Steve and Ann get closer, Lily grows increasingly jealous and competitive. When Lily starts to misbehave, Ann sees that Lily can do no wrong in Steve's eyes -- she's in the battle of her life with a 7-year-old.

Director: Heather Graham
Producer: Anthony Gudas, Paul Luba, Michael A. Nickles, Andre Relis, Chad A. Verdi Jr., Chad A. Verdi, Michelle Verdi, Heather Graham
Screenwriter: Heather Graham
Distributor: Brainstorm Media
Production Co: Verdi Productions
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2024
Runtime: 1h 28m

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