I saw "The Family", starring Robert De Niro-Silver Linings Playbook, Machete; Michelle Pfeiffer-Dark Shadows-2012, Batman Returns; Tommy Lee Jones-The Men in Black movies, Batman Forever and Dianna Agron-Glee-t.v., I Am Number Four.
This is an action/comedy directed by Luc Besson, best known for his action movies-La Femme Nikita, The Transporter & Taken-and not so much for his comedic ones. He does pretty good for his first attempt. Robert plays a mob boss on the run from the Mafia, after he ratted on them. There is a $20 million bounty put on his whole family, causing lots of eager hunters looking for them, so they are put into witness protection. Tommy plays the F.B.I. agent that is in charge of his family's safety, Michelle is his wife and Dianna plays his daughter. Old habits are hard to break, being from the mob life and doing things like beating people up or even killing them instead of reasoning with them does tend to make Tommy relocate the family a lot. Their latest place of residence is in France, not one of the most friendly of places, especially to Americans. There is humor in the way the whole family-even the kids are Mafioso savy-handle themselves but near the end of the movie, it does take a dramatic turn towards the violent side, not that I minded, but I'm just saying, don't think that it is a straight comedy, because it's not. It's rated "R" for violence, language and sexuality-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 50 minutes. I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.
This is an action/comedy directed by Luc Besson, best known for his action movies-La Femme Nikita, The Transporter & Taken-and not so much for his comedic ones. He does pretty good for his first attempt. Robert plays a mob boss on the run from the Mafia, after he ratted on them. There is a $20 million bounty put on his whole family, causing lots of eager hunters looking for them, so they are put into witness protection. Tommy plays the F.B.I. agent that is in charge of his family's safety, Michelle is his wife and Dianna plays his daughter. Old habits are hard to break, being from the mob life and doing things like beating people up or even killing them instead of reasoning with them does tend to make Tommy relocate the family a lot. Their latest place of residence is in France, not one of the most friendly of places, especially to Americans. There is humor in the way the whole family-even the kids are Mafioso savy-handle themselves but near the end of the movie, it does take a dramatic turn towards the violent side, not that I minded, but I'm just saying, don't think that it is a straight comedy, because it's not. It's rated "R" for violence, language and sexuality-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 50 minutes. I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.