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Family Business

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Vito (Dustin Hoffman) is the son of Jessie (Sean Connery), a professional criminal who has trained his son in the craft. With the birth of his own son, Adam (Matthew Broderick), Vito decides to reform his life. When he's in college, Adam's family's shady lifestyle seduces him, and with the help of his grandfather, he plans an elaborate burglary for the family to pull off together. When Adam is arrested during the heist, Jessie and Vito must make sacrifices in order to ensure the boy's future.
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Leonard Maltin Video Review The opportunity to watch [Dustin Hoffman and Sean Connery] together automatically constitutes An Event. Adding Matthew Broderick to the mix is icing on the cake. Unfortunately, Family Business lets them down. Rated: 2/4 Aug 5, 2022 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times All of the scenes establishing the characters and setting up the caper are joyful to watch, mostly because of the rich comic exaggerations of the Connery character. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The pleasure is watching Connery shine as a roguish criminal in a story line that never gels. Rated: C May 4, 2011 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily A terrific seriocomic crime caper that nobody knew how to sell. Often feels like a 1970s movie that somehow ended up in 1989. Rated: 4/5 Oct 10, 2005 Full Review Christian Toto Washington Times Rated: 4/5 Aug 26, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jun 19, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jelisije J The major flaw of this film is that its tone is so off that when this film concludes i was left disappointed with what I watched....... was it a comedy? a drama? I dont know because I couldn't tell you. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/05/25 Full Review Mike P Great cast; great director; but terrible movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/10/23 Full Review Bryan B Perplexed by the low score of this movie. The acting is awesome, the stars are awesome, the plot is... good enough. It's not exactly a chase or action movie there are a lot of talking scenes which is ok considering the 3 stars involved. Watching the 3 of them clash(mostly Connery & Hoffman) is well worth sitting through. Great movie if you are a fan of any of these actors. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Jack F I don't understand the low ratings at all. Perhaps if they didn't bill it as a comedy, which it certainly isn't, people wouldn't be whining about the lack of jokes. It's a drama, and was meant to be a drama. There's a few light hearted moments here and there just to underscore the underlying connection Vito still has with his dad despite his best efforts to deny it. 2 philosophies of life with the youngest generation, Broderick, trying to find the balance. It's a really good movie. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/22 Full Review Audience Member "Stealing DNA." Hard to believe Sean Connery could be Hoffman's father, so let's take it more metaphorically between two different generations of actors confronting another (Matthew Broderick being the other). I found in the second part something more interesting, it's about family, crime, independence, guilt,…the youngest gets arrested, he sacrificed himself, the father wants to save him, he's more protective while the grand-father thinks he's gonna be fine. That situation should have gone deeper. Still a good movie tho. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I was shocked to see the 38% approval rating. Lumet is a fantastic director, the plot is clever, and the acting is super. The movie satisfies on so many levels. A solid 4 out of 5 stars. It's available for free with ads on Crackle! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Sidney Lumet

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Sean Connery

Jessie

Dustin Hoffman

Vito

Matthew Broderick

Adam

Rosanna DeSoto

Elaine

Janet Carroll

Margie

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Synopsis Vito (Dustin Hoffman) is the son of Jessie (Sean Connery), a professional criminal who has trained his son in the craft. With the birth of his own son, Adam (Matthew Broderick), Vito decides to reform his life. When he's in college, Adam's family's shady lifestyle seduces him, and with the help of his grandfather, he plans an elaborate burglary for the family to pull off together. When Adam is arrested during the heist, Jessie and Vito must make sacrifices in order to ensure the boy's future.
Director
Sidney Lumet
Producer
Lawrence Gordon
Screenwriter
Vincent Patrick
Production Co
The A. Milchan Investment Group, Gordon Company, Regency International Pictures, TriStar Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 27, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.1M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Surround
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