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Family Resemblances
Comedy - 1996
Family Resemblances
7.5
88%
N/A
An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.
Director:

Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
7 Sep 1996
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
8 wins & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The film begins on a humorous note and goes on to find some universal truths in its family tensions.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Klapisch's mobile adaptation of the work to the screen is very intelligently carried out in terms of time as well as space.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
A wonderfully rich and intelligent exploration of family dynamics.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
An affectionate glimpse at humankind.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
This droll symphony of comic disenchantment is as perfectly balanced and executed as the timepiece of your dreams.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001
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