The Family (2013) (Malavita)

Film Journal 2014 (92 movies items)

" This movie is about a mob family that goes into witness protection only to continue to solve all of their problems 'The Family' way. It's exactly what you think it is, so if you like crime comedy...this is a good choice."

A Complete Review of Luc Besson's work (38 movies items)

" Cast : Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, Tommy Lee Jones What was it about? The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard. My two cents: The saddest thing about this flick is that if Luc Besson would have made a movie starring such legends like Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer 20 years ago, it would have been a huge event but, nowad"

An average movie

“I just saw a couple of days ‘Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec’ and I was amazed about how underwhelming the whole thing was. Well, this other directing effort from Luc Besson was maybe slightly better but only slightly. The saddest thing about this flick is that if Luc Besson would have made a movie starring such legends like Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer 20 years ago, it would have been a huge event but, nowadays, both actors and even the French director don’t really try anymore and it is not really surprising that they delivered such a weak effort. At least, it was Besson’s very first comedy so that was neat to see him trying something new but the whole thing was barely entertaining. The main issue is that the premise was actually rather weak and, to make ” read more