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The Perfect Family

  • 20112011
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.5K
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Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Michael McGrady, Jason Ritter, and Angelique Cabral in The Perfect Family (2011)
A devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of her church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the perfect family, refusing to accept them for who they are.
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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 t... Read allA 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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Anne Renton
  • Writers
    • Paula Goldberg(story)
    • Claire V. Riley(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kathleen Turner
    • Emily Deschanel
    • Jason Ritter
Top credits
  • Director
    • Anne Renton
  • Writers
    • Paula Goldberg(story)
    • Claire V. Riley(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kathleen Turner
    • Emily Deschanel
    • Jason Ritter
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 28User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
    • 40Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

    Videos1

    U.S. Version
    Trailer 2:19
    U.S. Version

    Photos15

    Kathleen Turner in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Kathleen Turner in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Jason Ritter in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Richard Chamberlain and Kathleen Turner in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Kathleen Turner in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Kathleen Turner and Michael McGrady in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Sharon Lawrence in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Richard Chamberlain and Kathleen Turner in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Kathleen Turner and Emily Deschanel in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Emily Deschanel and Angelique Cabral in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, and Jason Ritter in The Perfect Family (2011)
    Sharon Lawrence in The Perfect Family (2011)

    Top cast

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    Kathleen Turner
    Kathleen Turner
    • Eileen Clearyas Eileen Cleary
    Emily Deschanel
    Emily Deschanel
    • Shannon Clearyas Shannon Cleary
    Jason Ritter
    Jason Ritter
    • Frank Jr.as Frank Jr.
    Richard Chamberlain
    Richard Chamberlain
    • Monsignor Murphyas Monsignor Murphy
    Michael McGrady
    Michael McGrady
    • Frank Clearyas Frank Cleary
    Shannon Cochran
    Shannon Cochran
    • Mary Donovanas Mary Donovan
    Sharon Lawrence
    Sharon Lawrence
    • Agnes Dunnas Agnes Dunn
    Angelique Cabral
    Angelique Cabral
    • Angela Reyesas Angela Reyes
    Elizabeth Peña
    Elizabeth Peña
    • Christina Reyesas Christina Reyes
    Gregory Zaragoza
    Gregory Zaragoza
    • Louis Reyesas Louis Reyes
    Kristen Dalton
    Kristen Dalton
    • Theresa Henessyas Theresa Henessy
    Laura Cerón
    Laura Cerón
    • Carmelitaas Carmelita
    Scott Michael Campbell
    Scott Michael Campbell
    • Father Joeas Father Joe
    Hansford Rowe
    Hansford Rowe
    • Bishop Donnellyas Bishop Donnelly
    Rebecca Wackler
    Rebecca Wackler
    • Sister Joanas Sister Joan
    June Squibb
    June Squibb
    • Mrs. Punchas Mrs. Punch
    Bess Meisler
    • Greta Russertas Greta Russert
    Mandy June Turpin
    Mandy June Turpin
    • Susan O'Connoras Susan O'Connor
    • Director
      • Anne Renton
    • Writers
      • Paula Goldberg(story)
      • Claire V. Riley(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Goofs
      At 13 minutes, when Eileen tells her husband that she is nominated, she places two letters in a box on a table in the house. At the next shot, when she walks to the camera into the living room, you see in the background that the two letters lie differently in the box.
    • Quotes

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

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      Performed by Dave Thomas Junior

    User reviews28

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    A Liberal Vision of Family Values
    25 December 2012. Whether or not one believes in alternative life styles or those not sanction by a traditional religious viewpoint, this movie presents a straightforward and perhaps even an honest experience of tradition meeting un-tradition and the human consequences. Directed in a mainstream, non-art film, the script focuses on some quit socially divisive social issues at least taken from a conservative religious perspective. The tone of the movie is odd as the music and the beginning sequences are suggestive of a light comedy as perhaps these topics of blending religion and the more contemporary societal mores have been treated. Perhaps it is a testament that a more serious, but mainstream approach to the current social and marital issues can be presented in this way.

    Unlike the comedy of All Above Steve (2009), light touch of Lars and the Real Girl (2007), the more blended light and serious drama of The Perfect Man (2005), and the more inclusive treatment of Little Miss Sunshine (2006), In & Out (1997), Connie and Carla (2004), Victor, Victoria (1982), or The Birdcage (1999), The Perfect Family plays it much straighter, no pun intended. The Family Stone (2005) has a decent balance of tone and serio-comedy about familial relationships yet in some ways The Perfect Family is much more involved in its depiction of relational disruption and its more emotive/mental edginess that is usually toned tone in most movies or dramatically and icily directed for dramatic shock rather as in such more serious, darker movies as A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007) or art movie as Margot at the Wedding (2007) than The Perfect Family's more evolving, sustain realization of personal choices for the mainstream audience.

    Elizabethtown (2005) or Georgia Rule (2007) in their simple but plain depiction of relational awkwardness comes close to The Perfect Family in tone and style. Yet perhaps The Human Stain (2003) or American Beauty (2000), The Hours (2002) are the movies that retain their hard-hitting and cinematic edge in revealing the visceral emotional, mental turmoil in dramatic form.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 24, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Watch on Fearless
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La familia perfecta
    • Filming locations
      • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    • Production companies
      • Certainty Films
      • Present Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $110,313
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,300
      • May 6, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $110,313
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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