This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile.
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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 Henry Frayne, Brendan T. Gamble, Lynn M. Canfield
Performed by Lanterna
Courtesy of Rykodisc
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Rory Culkin's brother Kieran Culkin starred in It Runs in the Family (1994), which completely unrelated to this film of the same title. 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
Down by the SeineWritten by Henry Frayne, Brendan T. Gamble, Lynn M. Canfield
Performed by Lanterna
Courtesy of Rykodisc
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The type of humor that brings tears to your eyes instead of the silliness that usually passes for comedy these days. I seriously enjoyed watching Michael and Kirk Douglas working together, found the material touching and poignant, and found myself caring deeply about the characters. I don't know about you, but that works for me.