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Title: The Family (2013)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Robert De Niro | ... | Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Maggie Blake | |
| Dianna Agron | ... | Belle Blake | |
| John D'Leo | ... | Warren Blake | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Robert Stansfield | |
| Jimmy Palumbo | ... | Di Cicco | |
| Domenick Lombardozzi | ... | Caputo | |
| Stan Carp | ... | Don Luchese | |
| Vincent Pastore | ... | Fat Willy | |
| Jon Freda | ... | Rocco | |
| Michael J. Panichelli Jr. | ... | Billy the Bug | |
| Paul Borghese | ... | Albert | |
| Anthony Desio | ... | Bernie | |
| Ted Arcidi | ... | Tommy | |
| David Belle | ... | Mezzo | |
A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite the best efforts of FBI Agent Stansfield (Tommy Lee Jones) to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni (Robert De Niro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D'Leo) can't help but revert to old habits and blow their cover by handling their problems the "family" way, enabling their former mafia cronies to track them down. Chaos ensues as old scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings. Written by Minoesch
The Family (2013)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Luc Besson returns to the director's chair for this "comedy" about a former Mafia member (Robert DeNiro) who rats out his friends and must take his family into the Witness Protection Problem. When he starts to write his life story this sets the Mafia boys off to try and track him down and put an end to him and his family. THE FAMILY has so much talent involved that we should have been given a great film but sadly just about everything that you could do right with the concept is turned into a complete disaster and in the end we're left with a really bad and disappointing film. The film is bad on many levels including the fact that this "comedy" simply isn't all that funny. The idea of a Mafia guy having to get used to a small, unknown place should have made for some laughs but the only thing the screenplay offers is him throwing a fit about his water not being clear. We get some fantasy violence scenes but these aren't funny either. The stuff dealing with the wife (Michelle Pfeiffer), daughter (Dianna Agron) and son (John D'Leo) also add up to very little. This is especially true with the daughter's subplot dealing with her relationship with a teacher. Even worse is the relationship between DeNiro and his FBI guy played by Tommy Lee Jones. I never would have thought these two actors in the same scene could lead to such boredom. The performances are okay but with this much talent you just expect so much more. DeNiro can be a master at comedy but the screenplay just never allows his character to do anything. Agron, as the daughter, certainly steals the picture. What's strong is that this "comedy" doesn't come to life until the end when it turns into a violent thriller. This "thriller" aspect is directed with some style and real energy. Had the comedy scenes been handled this well then we would have been left with a much better film. The entire film has an uneven mix and in the end it's just a complete mess that never pays off.