The Perfect Family (2011)

A devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the "perfect" family, refusing to accept them for who they are.

Director:

Anne Renton

Writers:

Paula Goldberg, Claire V. Riley

Stars:

Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Kathleen Turner

Cast

Credited cast:
Emily Deschanel	...	Shannon Cleary
Jason Ritter	...	Frank Cleary Jr.
Kathleen Turner	...	Eileen Cleary
Richard Chamberlain	...	Monsignor Murphy
Elizabeth Peña	...	Christina Rayes
Kristen Dalton	...	Theresa Henessy
Sharon Lawrence	...	Agnes Dunn
Michael McGrady	...	Frank Cleary
Shannon Cochran	...	Mary Donovan
Angelique Cabral	...	Angela Rayes
Scott Michael Campbell	...	Father Joe
Laura Cerón	...	Carmelita
June Squibb	...	Mrs. Punch
Mandy June Turpin	...	Susan O'Connor
Gregory Zaragoza	...	Louis Reyes

Storyline

Eileen Cleary has just been nominated for Catholic Woman of the year when her family drop a bombshell. Over the dinner table she discovers that not only is her son leaving his wife and children for the local beautician, but her daughter is 5 months pregnant and about to marry her girlfriend. Desperate to win the award, Eileen is conflicted between shame over her family and still desiring to do the right thing by them. Unable to accept either of their choices her family begins to splinter, with even her husband threatening to leave. Ultimately this is a feel-good movie and Eileen proves herself to be a person worthy of both the award and her family.

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Plot Keywords:

catholic | church | dinner | father daughter relationship | mother daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

She has nothing to hide. Except her family.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 April 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$14,301 (USA) (4 May 2012)

Gross:

$107,721 (USA) (15 June 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Certainty Films, Present Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Eileen Cleary: I don't have to think! I'm Catholic!

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Soundtracks

"Gravity"
Written by Simon Perry, and 'David Thomas'
Performed by Dave Thomas junior

User Reviews

I am always disappointed when I see that a movie makes fun and is blatantly disrespectful of anyone's religion.

The movie world hasn't gotten bad enough I guess. I have barely seen a good movie for a long time come out of Hollywood. This one is, to me, just awful and thrown together, not as a story, but a few scenes to push someone's obvious disdain across about something they passionately hate. In this case, this is a person with a tremendous hatred for the Catholic Church....It is one of the worst films to come along in ages. And, by the way, incorrect in every way. The film contains all the usual anti-Catholic prejudice, invented and targeted humor, it touches purposely on all of the areas of concern in society such as premarital sex and homosexuality, abortion theme and some bad language. Just anything an anti-Catholic, anti-intellectual movie company could possibly gather together to make a film...It doesn't fool me though, it didn't change my feeling at all about my church....Shame on this.