Family Romance, LLC

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Family Romance, LLC

2019

1h 29m

Drama

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A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a 12-year-old girl.

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A fascinating exploration of human connection, Family Romance, LLC sees Werner Herzog following an unconventional path to existentialism.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

Family Romance, LLC feels too casual to satisfactorily delve into the topic of identity in the modern world, but it does offer up a few intriguing vignettes.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 9, 2020

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

It is Herzog's best film since 2010's Cave of Forgotten Dreams - seemingly slight at first, but with a premise that snags in your brain, and moments of pure oddball transcendence.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 22, 2020

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

Uneven by Herzog's standards, but it's so intriguing as a premise that it carries you through the film.

Jul 22, 2020

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

In this bitter comedy of misunderstandings and fictitious yet naturalistic situations, Herzog walks between dehumanization and the asceptic nature we've embraced [Full review in Spanish]

Feb 1, 2023

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

It subtly mixes drama with documentary to offer an illuminating look at the disillusionment of a postmodern society trapped in the culture of the simulacrum that falsifies human bonds. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

May 15, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

By merely watching and allowing his camera to linger much longer than another director would, Herzog invites questions about the social roles we play and the nature of reality itself.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 18, 2022

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Esra Y

Quite an unexpexted way of dealing loneliness explored through different stories and conditions. Herzog's lenses always full of empathy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/29/25

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Audience Member

With almost ahome-made movie, legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog returns with this, an exploration of human connections, deffending its place as one of the best films of the year and, also, as the best fiction movie Herzog has done in a too long time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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An astonishing film on so many levels. That Werner Hertzog does not speak Japanese is just one, yet he has managed to pull off something practically impossible and make it look easy, unlabored, and beautiful. It is an innovative and creative masterpiece. Japan is forced to stand on the leading edge of technology in order to solve challenges of high population and lack of natural resources, and the rest of the world must soon follow. I recommend it highly to anyone who knows and appreciates Japan, and to anyone else looking to understand the relationship between technology, human identity, and connection.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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a.l.jude p

As customary way the director had dared to explore the unseen. This time his microscope has gone through one of the Japanese subculture somewhat bizarre in rest of the world but not to Japanese themselves. Great movie as the rest of Werner Herzogs'

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A matrushka of pretientioness in the form of a first year film student looking movie. So many things to say about this, but why bother?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Great hybrid drama, great anthropology idea. Tells us more about 2020 than anything else, I have seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a 12-year-old girl.

Director: Werner Herzog
Producer: Roc Morin
Screenwriter: Werner Herzog
Production Co: Skellig Rock
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 3, 2020
Runtime: 1h 29m

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