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The Family was produced by the master of American gangster pictures, Martin Scorsese, and written and directed by French Scifi/ Noir director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element / Lucy) . It stars Academy Award winners Robert DeNiro & Tommy Lee Jones along with Michelle Pfeiffer. Dianna Agron of Glee also stars for the younger crowd. After selling out his old gangster comrades to the Feds, Giovanni Manzoni (DeNiro) is relocated to a small French village in Normandy, where he and his family meet and interact with locals resulting in several hilarious over the top scenarios and hijinks. The Family benefits from a strong cast , good chemistry , dry wit and a good combination of comedy,action,drama , and even some romance and terror. A liittle too much violence and profanity for a family flick, it's still a cool little film for fans of the genre, which the director pays loving tirbute.

The Family is headed by Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer. They and their two children are in the Federal Witness Protection Program. Tommy Lee Jones is the agent who has the difficult assignment of protecting them from their former Mafia friends and family who wish to kill them. They do not make things easy by handling new problems the way they know best. Mafia members of their family finally trace them to France and dispatch hit men. The family need to help each other to stay alive.

Love the conection the cast had they played well off eachother. Love the idea of robertl playing a rat after all his work in mob style movies. Felt like it could be the sequel to casino. His live after it all came down. The best part to me was the kids they step out and let you know they are there as a main stay not just as back drop props. At some points the out shine pop and steal the show. All and all a good film.

This was an enjoyable movie. This is the first movie where Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer have shared scenes together, and they have great chemistry with each other, as well as with the rest of the cast. Tommy Lee Jones was also fun to watch. If you are looking for a fun, easy-to-follow film with an admirable cast, this is one to watch.

It has a dysfunctional family plot with a gangster and his family that are in the witness protection program with an interesting story. Worth buying ad watching more than once. It is very funny with good acting by Robert de Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer in main roles.

If you like twists, turns and explosions then this movie is perfect. This family is hilarious and truly out of touch with the world, but that makes them even funnier. They try but don't relaly fit in. The US Marshalls have definitely met their match!

I found this movie to be funny with a good character line up. The story of an ex-mob family under witness protection and the comical way that they handled their efforts to blend in to the local community .I rooted for a happy ending all the way through the film.

This movie had it's funny parts . The entire cast seemed to work well for this film. I can see how ppl who are normally part of the hustle and bustle of the big city would find it difficult to digress from their old habits

The Family is about a different way of getting even the Mafia Way. I like movies that have a Mafia connection. DeNiro plays a good Italian Mafia man when playing one. He has always had the look. The movie showed great scenes of France.

I've always been a fan of De Niro and Pfeiffer both have played serious and comedy roles to perfection. This is a dark comedy but it is a very funny film with some dramatic elements.Being mobster themed, death and murder are always present, but we get a different persecutive in this film as it follows a mob Rat and his family as they struggle to blend into the witness protection program. It plays like a drama, but then we are reminded often that this is mostly played for laughs. If you like Goodfellas, Married to the Mob or the Analyze This films, you will probably like The Family as much as I did. The Blu Ray looks great.

I would recommend this movie to everyone who is a De Niro fan as well as gangster movies, with comedy as a bonus. I saw this on Netflix for months and finally decided to watch it and loved it so much I had to buy it. Michelle Pfeiffer always a favorite and De Niro is still a badass even at his old age. A family full of psychopaths taking care of their problems on their own without anyone's help. I don't know who's crazier the parents or the kids. Great movie, go watch it!

This was another great movie from Robert De Niro. If your a fan, you'll love this flick. It has a little bit of everything, humor, action, drama which De Niro always pulls off with his wonderful style.

This movie is set in France. Starts off basically showing that each person in a mob family is 'bad' in their own way. Not really believable but I don't watch movies because it is real. Like I said, it is entertaining.

I love rob Deniro and Michelle is good , too. And even the teenage children are good actors. What really puts it together though, is the music. And the best is that it is so violent and yet there is some humor and sentimentality. When I bought the movie ( because of Deniro of course) I thought it might be silly and a waste of money. I like it enough to watch it 2 more times with friends. Anyway, this is not a sophisticated review yet I hope it speaks to the readers.

This story starts with a displaced family being relocated to another quaint European town. Of course, this a displaced Mafia family being hunted by the"family" they left behind... Under the protection of the FBI, of course. Robert De Niro only wants to help. Michelle Pfeiffer seeks to keep everyone happy (handing out retribution to those who stand in the way. And, the kids just want to grow up - without tuning down the hormones. This is just fun cinema at its best.

The movie is a good spin on the mob movie genre. It uses Robert De Niro's classic style and adds it to an accompanying role from Michelle Pfeiffer. It is not your usual mob movie, however.

I went into this movie expecting to be bored, boy was I wrong. I was pleasantly entertained and enjoyed the whole movie. The cast was great and I can only hope that a sequel will be made one day.

Me and my girlfriend set down and watch this movie together after getting it on sale. We were pleasantly surprised at some of the humor turned out to be pretty good film.

A good movie, definitely worth the watch, but don't expect this one to ever be nominated for any awards. Mob family on the run, with what you'd expect from De Niro

Overall I did really like this movie and love Robert Deniro. The ending is when you see the majority of the action but I liked the comedic/dramatic aspect of this movie.