Dysfunctional Families
Perhaps because it's something nearly all of us can relate to (apart from The Bradys), messed-up families have always been a popular subject for filmmakers in all genres. Whether you're playing it for laughs ('Arrested Development', 'Go For Zucker'), drama ('Kramer vs Kramer', 'Nil By Mouth'), or thrills ('The Quiet Family', 'Olivier, Olivier') the family dynamic is a deep well of ready-made love/hate relationships, seething resentments and hidden secrets. What more could a filmmaker, or a film-watcher, ask for!
Georgia Rule (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Garret...
Lindsay Lohan probably had no problem relating to the out-of-control teen she plays next to alcoholic mother Felicty Huffman and stern family matriarc... Read more
Sublime (2007)
5.3/10
Director: Tony Krantz
Starring: Thomas Cavanagh, Kathleen York, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Paget Brewster, David Cl...
Family man George Grieves (Tom Cavanagh), checks into hospital for a routine procedure, but when he comes out of the anaesthaesia something seems to... Read more
Little Miss Sunshine ( Blu-ray ) (2006)
7.8/10
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Starring: Alan Arkin, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Paul Dan...
A charming black comedy about life, death and junior beauty contests. Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear head an eccentric family that includes a potty-mo... Read more
Snow Angels (2006)
6.4/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Michael Angarano, Jeanetta Arnette, Kate Beckinsale, Griffin Dunne, Tom Noonan,...
Another well-crafted drama from David Gordon Green ('Undertow', 'George Washington'), based on Stewart O'Nan's novel. Set in the snowbound suburbs of... Read more
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
7.4/10
Director: Philippe Lioret
Starring: Isabelle Renauld, Kad Merad, Melanie Laurent, Julien Boisselier
On her return from vacation 19-year-old Lili is told by her parents that her twin brother Loic has left home after a violent argument with her father.... Read more
Stephanie Daley (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Hilary Brougher
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Denis O'Hare, Jim Gaf...
Stephanie (Amber Tamblyn) is a 16-year-old girl, charged with concealing a pregnancy and then murdering her newborn child. She claims she knew nothin... Read more
State's Evidence (2006)
6/10
Director: Benjamin Louis
Starring: Alexa Vega, Douglas Smith, Kris Lemche, Majandra Delfino, Cody McMains, Drew Tyl...
Teenager Scott (Douglas Smith) has made the decision to commit suicide, and goes about documenting his last day on film. As he encounters his friends... Read more
Brothers and Sisters: Season 1 (2006)
7.6/10
Starring: Dave Annable, Calista Flockhart, Balthazar Getty, Rachel Griffiths, Sarah Jane M...
The wealthy Walker family have just lost their male head, and his death has revealed a few undesirable secrets from his past. Not only was he cooking... Read more
Breaking and Entering (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone, Vera Far...
Written and directed by Anthony Minghella, this suspenseful drama stars Jude Law as a successful landscape architect whose office has been broken into... Read more
Breaking and Entering (Blu-ray) (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Ray Winstone, Robin Wright, Martin Freeman, Vera Far...
Written and directed by Anthony Minghella, this suspenseful drama stars Jude Law as a successful landscape architect whose office has been broken into... Read more