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!
Then She Found Me (2007)
6/10
Director: Helen Hunt
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Colin Firth, Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Ben Shenkman
Helen Hunt directed, co-wrote and stars in this engaging seriocomedy about a middle-aged schoolteacher whose life is thrown into turmoil when her husb... Read more
The Savages (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Starring: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas
Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman play estranged siblings who are forced to deal with each other when their elderly father's dementia proves too... Read more
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Blu-ray) (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Albert Finney, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Aleksa Palladino, Amy Ryan,...
A tense and riveting thriller from master helmer Sidney Lumet ('Dog Day Afternoon'). Philip Seymour Hoffman stars alongside Ethan Hawke as two brother... Read more
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Albert Finney, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Aleksa Palladino, Amy Ryan,...
A tense and riveting thriller from master helmer Sidney Lumet ('Dog Day Afternoon'). Philip Seymour Hoffman stars alongside Ethan Hawke as two brother... Read more
Big Love: Season 2 (2007)
6.4/10
Starring: Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Sta...
Season Two of the critically acclaimed 'Big Love' finds the modern-day polygamist Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) and his three wives struggling to pick... Read more
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Jack Black, Ciaran Hinds, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Turturro, Fl...
An insightful dramedy starring Nicole Kidman as Margot, an acerbic short story writer who attempts to reconnect with estranged sibling Pauline (Jennif... Read more
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray
Not having spoken since their father's funeral a year earlier, three brothers (Owen Wilson, Adrian Brody and Jason Schwartzman) board a train travelli... Read more
Death at a Funeral (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Frank Oz
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Keeley Hawes, Matthew Macfadyen, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Al...
A black comedy with a dysfunctional British family gathering to mourn the passing of their patriarch. However, far from a dignified funeral, the mourn... Read more
Fido (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Andrew Currie
Starring: Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss, Dylan Baker, Henry Czerny, Tim Blake Nelson, K...
Skillfully blending elements of comedy and horror, this quirky indie effort set in a retro-styled futuristic society chronicles the offbeat friendship... Read more
Clubland (2007)
5.4/10
Director: Cherie Nowlan
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Richard Wilson, Rebecca Gibney, Russell Dykstra...
Moving to Australia after separating from her husband, Jeannie Dwight (Brenda Blethyn) pursues her dream of becoming a successful comedienne. Meanwhil... Read more