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It Runs in the Family

Overview

Genre :

Comedy

Release Date :

April 25, 2003

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Fred Schepisi

Starring :

Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, Diana Douglas, Sarita Choudhury, Rory Culkin, Colman Domingo, Bernadette Peters

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2.5 of 5

“..Wigutow and director Fred Schepisi set the story in a New York law firm, which bogs the movie down in liberal-minded indulgence..”
by Paul Clinton [Boxoffice Magazine]
1.5 of 4

“..The script is terrible..”
by Sarah Chauncey [Reel]
2 of 4

“..only succeeds as a freak show..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3.5 of 5

“..indistinct, uneventful and amiably dull..”
by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
1 of 5

“.."It Runs in the Family" plays like an inferior clone of Fonda family weepie "On Golden Pond"..”
by Jamie Russell [BBC Films]

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