Family Weekend Reviews

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• there's no drama, and with "jokes" like Thor proclaiming that his documentary about the abduction proceedings is like "Godard meets Michael Moore," there's no humor, either-just the sad, desperate sound of the wacky

  by Nick Schager [Village Voice ]

• Family Weekend is the kind of dark-for-dark's sake, wannabe quirkfest that proves indie films can be just as clichéd and vapid as the most soulless Hollywood movies

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• directed by Benjamin Epps, has a slick visual veneer and some capable performances, especially by Ms. Rulin and Ms. King. But the script, by Matt K. Turner, is loaded with contradictions, its hollow flirtation with subversion amount to airplane pablum

  by Andy Webster [New York Times ]

• but a strong start and solid cast take it further than one might expect

  by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News ]

• "Family Weekend" is no worse than many of the dysfunctional family comedies that populate the Sundance Film Festival - "Little Miss Sunshine" is name-checked within the movie itself - but isn't any better either

  by Mark Olsen [Los Angeles Times ]
• Reviewed by Dustin Putman [DustinPutman.com ]
• Reviewed by Eddie Cockrell [Variety ]

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