"The Wholly Family" is an American short film from 2011, so this one had its 5th anniversary last year. It runs for 20 minutes almost and is mostly known because of the director being Terry Gilliam. I am sure without this name attached to the project the movie would be really unknown now as it's truly not a great achievement. I think it starts off okay, but when we realize the son is the protagonist of the entire story, it becomes bland and boring fairly quickly. He was just entirely forgettable as an actor as well as as a character I must say. The parents were definitely very interesting. Yes there was a moment here and there that had this Gilliam feel to it, like the big restaurant table for example, but you really have to be a huge Gilliam fan to be honest I think in order to appreciate this fantastic (only in terms of genre) tale of an Italian family in America. Food certainly plays a major role in here, but also this component did not deliver as much as it could have. I did not hungry at least. So yeah, like I said I would not recommend this to anybody who isn't a huge (and with that I mean really huge) Terry Gilliam fan. I personally was glad that it ended so quickly as I never managed to develop a particular interest in the story and characters the way it was told.
Review of The Wholly Family
