Family Life

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Family Life

2017

1h 20m

Comedy

Drama

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64%

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11 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In order to gain the sympathy of the single mother he has just met, a lonely man fabricates the existence of a vindictive ex-wife who is keeping his daughter away from him.

Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

The ending is something of a disappointment, and reinforces a suspicion viewers may have had early on that perhaps there's less to Martin than meets the eye.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 27, 2017

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Mark Dujsik

RogerEbert.com

For all of the work that the filmmakers do to help us understand Martín's motives for the deception (not to mention Becker, whose performance is quite good), there's an important piece missing.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 9, 2017

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Nudity and scenes of energetic lovemaking spice up the meager narrative but can't make up for a flat ending.

Jun 8, 2017

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Family Life is a fascinating and curious work that magnifies the way all of us misrepresent ourselves a little when we meet someone new and are interested in them.

May 7, 2020

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

As a scenario of oddness and discomfort, Family Life wavers tenuously on remaining compelling.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 4, 2019

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Jessica Baxter

Hammer to Nail

[Family Life is an] entertaining, dark, and occasionally poignant film.

Aug 7, 2017

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Synopsis

In order to gain the sympathy of the single mother he has just met, a lonely man fabricates the existence of a vindictive ex-wife who is keeping his daughter away from him.

Director: Cristián Jiménez, Alicia Scherson
Producer: Carlos Olivares, Fernando Bascuñán
Screenwriter: Cristián Jiménez, Alicia Scherson, Alejandro Zambra
Production Co: Peso Pluma
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2017
Runtime: 1h 20m

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