The Family

After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.

Critics found energetic performances and occasional comic spark undermined by an overly familiar setup, abrupt tonal shifts, uneven humor, and an incoherent back story.

• The Manzoni family attempts witness protection in a sleepy French town while continuing to solve conflicts through mob habits.
• Fred, Maggie, Belle, and Warren are presented as likable family characters whose responses remain coercive and violently criminal.
• The witness protection arrangement requires the family to become the Blakes, but their old identities and behaviors repeatedly resurface.
• An Italian American mafia family disrupts a quiet French community through school, neighborhood, and family conflicts.

• Analyze Thisshares black comedy, mafia violence, culture clash, and a criminal family struggling with a new environment
• The Sopranosshares darkly comic gangster conventions, violent family dynamics, and a self-aware crime-film tone
• Keeping Mumshares fish-out-of-water crime comedy, family loyalty, and cartoonish action violence

Director

Luc Besson

Release Date

2013-09-13

Runtime

111 min

Rating

6.4 / 10 (3206)

What is The Family about?

A witness-protected mafia family turns a quiet French town into an improvised battleground when ordinary life proves incompatible with their criminal instincts.

What is The Family like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Family as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is The Family violent?

Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Family as brutal.

What did critics think of The Family?

Critics found energetic performances and occasional comic spark undermined by an overly familiar setup, abrupt tonal shifts, uneven humor, and an incoherent back story.

Which films are like The Family?

Films with a similar feel include Analyze This, The Sopranos, and Keeping Mum.

How long is The Family?

The Family runs 111 minutes.

Where can I watch The Family?

In United States, The Family streams on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Kanopy, Fandango at Home Free, YouTube Free, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Tubi TV.