jmbcal-778-958496 As usual little D is trying to act tough and he still just can't cut it. He just is not convincing as a big bad mobster. The only person he could really punch in the face is a girl. what a woos. Actually his acting is getting worse as he gets older. That's because of his conceit he thinks he is great. He has no ability to act a different character. He is always the same dawdy jerk.

Floated2 The Family is a 2013 black comedy-action-crime-drama by director Luc Besson. Having a good past track record of great enjoyable films, this film was more than definitely excited among fans of Luc Besson for a successful comeback. Well within the film, the first time we meet the Manzonis (known as the Blakes after relocating), they're arriving at their provincial home in Normandy, France, after an exhausting 11- hour car trip. Everyone is eager to settle in after the long ride, but before Giovanni (now "Fred Blake- DeNiro") can relax, he has to bury the corpse he has stashed in the trunk of the car. Over the course of the next 24 hours, Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) has blown up a grocery store, Warren has concocted a plan to hustle the bullies who gave him a beating on his first day of school, and Belle (Dianna Agron) has suffered a crush over math substitute who's agreed to become her personal tutor. It's a fairly lighthearted setup for the obvious chaos to follow. The Family is categorized as a comedy but it's clear this film is more of a black comedic style. The problem is even with black comedies, they (the good ones) are generally funny. However, this film doesn't contain laughs, just more unnecessary scenes of violence and pointless action. This film is quite similar to We're the Millers, but obviously this is more of an action-violent crime mob film, as to We're the Millers is straight forward comedy. Another problem with this film is the characters. They weren't as interesting as they could have been, especially the mother, son and daughter. Robert DeNiro is great as his role, though the other members (Warren and Belle) felt as if they were robots, bland acting. For character study type films like this, the main characters need to be at least likable or enjoyable enough to root for. This isn't the case here. Tommy Lee Jones also appears to be miscast as he looks more stressed and tired throughout the picture. In the end this film tries being a comedy and a crime film but fails at being both. Would not recommend.

alindsay-al I had a free night so I thought I would give the family a watch and yeah this film is a disappointment as it isn't as good as your want it to be. The premise of the film sees a former mob family relocated to France by witness protection until they start to cause problems which alerts former enemies. Robert de niro plays the dad in this mob family and he does a decent job, he basically plays what you would expect from deniro in this situation. He is fun to watch and he is clearly enjoying the role, but I did find his character pretty boring. He just doesn't do enough in the film to merit you to care about him which makes you care about the film less. Michelle pfeiffer plays de niro's husband in this film and she was pretty good in the film, like de niro she clearly has fun with the role and the performance and even though her individual story was pretty dull I thought she did the best she could. Dianna agron plays the daughter and rest of all she looks really attractive in this film, but more importantly she gives a good performance in this film. I thought she gave her character a bit of depth especially at the beginning which made her fun to watch. John d'leo plays the son in this film and he is definitely my favourite member of the family. I enjoyed his story at the school as he assumes more power and it was fun to watch him make waves In the school an think how you could have done that. Tommy Lee Jones plays the FBI agent who is looking after the family and he is really good in this film, he is a great foil for de niro and his stern no nonsense character really works for this film delivered expertly by Jones. The story in this film is absolutely all over the place, there are different story arcs during this film for all the members of the family and the only one I cared about was the son in school but they don't give you enough of that story arc, instead they give more of a romance you just really don't buy at all. This films villain plot is so weak it is crazy, the film doesn't care to give any reason for the villains motivations in the film that you will forget try even exist in this film. Also this films ending is so abrupt that You will be asking questions about some things that haven't even been resolved. The script has some witty dialogue in it that makes these characters seem cooler then they actually are, but there is also some romantic dialogue written and it is just so poor that you will not care about it at all. Also I can't stress the poor writing for the storytelling that I do evident watching this film. The style of this film has quite a bit of violence but it is used for comedy and For the most part it works seeing these monsters try and adjust to normal life is very entertaining. But as mentioned before the pacing of the film is so wonky with the storytelling and the film could have had quite a bit of it taken out of it but then you would have had only an hour movie. Overall I feel like this film is a big missed opportunity and is only really worth watching if you are a gangster film fan or a fan of de niro's buy otherwise it is pretty average and forgettable.

ICanNeverThinkOfAGoodUsername I think the only reason why this film has the rating it does is because it has well known actors in it.This film has an interesting start and makes you want to know what's happening. But, the plot does not deliver. You're not exactly bored when watching the film... But that's because you think it's going to go somewhere. Don't get me wrong, it could be worse. But, it is a stupid film to say at the least.It's not that interesting or entertaining... This isn't a film you'd remember, it's more a film that would come on television and one day and you'd remember that you saw it one day (if that)... There was no suspense to it. It wasn't particularly funny.The plot was stupid. It wasn't going anywhere. You get attracted to this film because of the famous actors, so you think it'll be good.I definitely would not recommend this film. There are plot holes, but in the end it's like I don't even care about the plot holes because I wasn't fully engaged in the film anyway. Halfway through the film I just knew the film was going no where but I hoped I was wrong. I wasn't.