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The Joneses

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61% Tomatometer 129 Reviews 46% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Posing as an ordinary family, stealth marketers (David Duchovny, Demi Moore) move into a wealthy neighborhood and encourage the residents to spend lots of money.
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Critics Consensus

It doesn't pursue its subversive premise as far as it should, but The Joneses benefits from its timely satire of consumer culture -- as well as a pair of strong performances from David Duchovny and Demi Moore.

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Rafer Guzman Newsday 04/12/2011
The Joneses starts with a great pitch but ultimately fails to close the deal. Go to Full Review
Robert Hanks Independent (UK) 04/12/2011
3/5
Borte, directing his first film, does a smooth, confident job, so that even though the set-up isn't quite plausible you're happy to go along with it. Go to Full Review
Perri Nemiroff CinemaBlend 08/13/2010
3.5/5
Exceptionally thoughtful, not only in terms of consumerism, but when considering the value of compassion as well. Worth your hard earned money, no strings attached. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 07/20/2022
The Joneses is a movie with a lot to study and comment on…its unfortunate that the film does not have the same courage as its convictions. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Stuart McGurk NME (New Musical Express) 05/19/2021
5/10
As far as products go, The Joneses is just shy of the real deal. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/13/2020
3.0/4.0
2010's first comedy that both stimulates intellectually and elicits laughs. Go to Full Review
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Frans B @FransB Jun 6 "The Way The World Works 101" 😜 Good movie, shows how gullible us peeps really are. Great cast all excels in character, especially Amber Heard. Great cinematography and well written and interpreted. The tale of reality See more Jeffrey P 08/25/2024 The stakes are low and the depth shallow in this routine comedy about creepy salespeople, with a twist and some freshness to it. It does become mildly interesting and somewhat informative as it progresses and makes you start thinking “do people actually do this? Is this how trends start?” It does deserve some credit for making people aware that all their ‘friends’ may not be what they seem, and who’s really at the source of many of their problems and heartache... the people who are in the same vein as advertisers. See more David W 01/08/2024 Arguably ahead of its time, The Joneses is built on a pertinent and intriguing premise about the nature of 21st century marketing. While the premise is great, the execution by both the production team and the cast was disappointing. It verges on being so bad it's good, but doesn't have any self-awareness of its hammed up presentation to reach that point. Having seen this once, I have no desire to watch it again. See more Courtney K @c0urtn3y 07/19/2023 this was cute enough; definitely an interesting concept. i agree with another reviewer who said they wished there was a little more backstory to the people who made up the Joneses... it felt like something was missing, but just not sure what. overall not a bad watch though. See more Tiffany G 11/12/2022 There is a good message in this movie and it has a cute ending, but ultimately I think that this movie had the potential to be so much better than it turned out. For starters, they didn't do much building when it came to the characters and I kept feeling like I was missing a big chunk of information about how these people ended up in the situation they were in. We really needed a back story to flesh this "family" out. Without it I couldn't really connect with any of them and therefore didn't really care what happened to them in the end. I think that this is a movie that had potential to be something really great and different, but ended up being hollow and empty. Which is ironic since this is a film trying to warn us all about the evils of consumerism. Was this the point? I don't think so, but if it was done deliberately I'd say that's kinda genius. I did keep watching to the end to see how it all ended so it has that going for it I guess. See more 07/15/2022 Not a good movie at all, it had a good plot that didn't develop enough so the ending just didn't cut it. Amber played herself, sl*ty daughter, and takes her clothes off which is nice, and the brother was actually pretty good, as well as David, but Demi was just not the right person for that role and didn't come off as authentic. Boring, lost any interest after the first 20 minutes, and watched it in spurts over many days because I couldn't sit through it all at once See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Posing as an ordinary family, stealth marketers (David Duchovny, Demi Moore) move into a wealthy neighborhood and encourage the residents to spend lots of money.
Director
Derrick Borte
Producer
Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding, Derrick Borte, Kristi Zea
Screenwriter
Derrick Borte
Distributor
Roadside Attractions
Production Co
Echo Lake Productions
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Some Sexual Content|Teen Drinking)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 16, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5M
Runtime
1h 33m
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