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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael Douglas | ... | Alex Gromberg | |
| Kirk Douglas | ... | Mitchell Gromberg | |
| Rory Culkin | ... | Eli Gromberg | |
| Cameron Douglas | ... | Asher Gromberg | |
| Diana Douglas | ... | Evelyn Gromberg | |
| Michelle Monaghan | ... | Peg Maloney | |
| Geoffrey Arend | ... | Malik | |
| Sarita Choudhury | ... | Suzie | |
| Irina Gorovaia | ... | Abby Staley (as Irene Gorovaia) | |
| Annie Golden | ... | Deb | |
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Mark Hammer | ... | Stephen Gromberg |
| Audra McDonald | ... | Sarah Langley | |
| Josh Pais | ... | Barney | |
| Bernadette Peters | ... | Rebecca Gromberg | |
| Louie Torrellas | ... | Jeremy | |
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Wealth can't spare three male generations of the dysfunctional Jewish New York Gromberg family grief or grim reality. However successful in life, Alex never felt pleasing pride or proper parental support from sprightly patriarch Mitchell, who sarcastically imposes his own values and priorities on everyone and everything. Alex starts despairing that his modern permissiveness may ruin his own bright firstborn, college-boy Asher, unlike adoring kid-brother Eli. A dorm-drug-bust pushes things to the limit -- or beyond? Written by KGF Vissers
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Some families can survive anything. Even each other.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Country:
USARelease Date:
25 April 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Smack in the Puss See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,804,441, 27 April 2003Gross USA:
$7,491,839Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$8,211,508Company Credits
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Alex Gromberg: Thank you. But you didn't exactly set the bar all that high.
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Written by Ja'el Baker, Wayne Wallace
Performed by Stacy Maller
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/Master Source Records
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Film stars three generations of Douglas family members, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas and Cameron Douglas. See more »Quotes
Mitchell Gromberg: Alex, you're a much better father than I was.Alex Gromberg: Thank you. But you didn't exactly set the bar all that high.
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C'est de famille (Quebec French Title) See more »Soundtracks
A Little Bit of YouWritten by Ja'el Baker, Wayne Wallace
Performed by Stacy Maller
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/Master Source Records
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I'll start off by saying I liked this film. Yes, stone
me to death or whatever, but I felt this film was rather decent in all respects. While I was surprised by the more dramatic tone to the film, the drama proved to be a welcomed surprise. It's a bit interesting to see virtually the entire Douglas family involved in this movie, which makes watching the interaction between the characters feel rather eerie. However, it was good to see Kirk Douglas in a movie again, and it only seemed fitting he do it with much of his extended family. Heart warming in many parts, it's not as bad of a movie as many critics made it out to be.