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Tuesday 3 December 2013

THE FAMILY [2013]

The Family is your typical Luc Besson violent comedy/thriller that will have most Western audiences scratching their heads.
An American family tied in with the mafia are relocated to France under the witness protection act, where they have trouble letting old violent habits die hard.  As a whole the film is a bit of an uneven mess but in pieces it's a highly enjoyable energetic way to spend your time on.  The cast are all spot-on, with Glee's Diana Agron turning in the best performance as a violently bat shit crazy girl falling in love for the first time.
As uneven as the film is, it's still quite funny in the darkest of ways and all comes into it's own in the awesomely intense climatic finale.

3 expressive fucks out of 5

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