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Family - Official Trailer - Limited Release April 19, 2019
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Family - Official Trailer - Limited Release April 19, 2019
The thing about good comedic actors is that they really have to sell the horror of their situation. If you follow the saying "horror is just comedy without the punchline," then excellent comic actors have to sell the horror and then sell the punchline. The jokes are funny because they are taking them seriously.
That's the magic behind "Family," which sort of disingenuously presents itself as the story of an aunt whose high-pressure work-focused life is thrown into disarray when her niece decides to become a juggalo, or a fan of the Insane Clown Posse.
The actual logline — a workaholic aunt is tasked with babysitting her niece for a week, during the course of which she discovers the Insane Clown Posse — is not quite as flashy, but the result feels a bit more true. Especially when "Family" has delightful and easy chemistry between Kate (Taylor Schilling) and her niece Maddie (Bryn Vale).
It's the curse of "Family" that its story is something so tried and true, when the movie itself feels inventive and full of energy even when it's walking through well-trod territory. Whether it's Kate's speeding and abrupt stops in her luxury car, or Kate McKinnon as the neighborhood mom who is just trying to get Kate to think about the kids (and close the garage door), "Family" ekes a lot of legitimate laugh out loud moments as Kate struggles to make it through the week.
It's one of the biggest strengths of "Family" that it routinely puts Kate in conversation with these players, placing her on a continuum of terribleness as opposed to an island of one.
Whether it's the cutthroat sexism of her office (which Kate herself plays into) or Maddie's mom's refusal to meet her daughter where she is, Kate's inability to recognize the trials of raising kids until she's tasked with it is just an extension of the good and bad energies we all face.
The dry and quick humor resembles that of a office sitcom, with a cast of characters that each have their own thing going on. Perhaps most delightfully, none of them ever pull their punches or their punchlines, committing just as thoroughly to the escalating horror of their situations as they do to their jokes.
You may not be able to pick your family, but "Family" is worth a pick for a screening.
Family (2018)
"I just really don't want to."
Family (2019)
Kate Stone's a self-absorbed workaholic. She's not good with kids. She's not good in most social situations. When her estranged brother, Joe, tracks her down to watch her awkward and bullied 12-year-old niece Maddie, Kate thinks babysitting for the week can't get any worse -- until Maddie runs away to become a Juggalo.
Directed by: Laura Steinel
Dtarring: Taylor Schilling, Bryn Vale, Kate McKinnon, Brian Tyree Henry, Eric Edelstein, Allison Tolman, Jessie Ennis, Matt Walsh
Release date: April 19, 2019
Taylor Schilling and Bryn Vale on the set of FAMILY.
Family (2019)
Nathan Rabin’s pop culture travelogue You Don’t Know Me But You Don’t Like Meis one of my favorite books of the past decade – an incredibly empathetic portrait of two pop music subcultures who are too-often, too-openly mocked by outsiders: Phish fans & Insane Clown Posse fans. Of those two groups, it’s the juggalos who could use the empathy boost the most in their public esteem, especially…
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Here's FAMILY Poster Starring Taylor Schilling
Here’s FAMILY Poster Starring Taylor Schilling
The Film Arcade unleashed this poster for writer/director Laura Steinel’s #Family movie starring Taylor Schilling, Bryn Vale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis, Blair Beeken, Matt Walsh, Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein, Kate McKinnon, Fabrizio Guido
Writer/ Director Laura Steinel, star Taylor Schilling, band Insane Clown Posse, and cast Brian Tyree Henry, Jessie Ennis, Blair Beeken, Matt Walsh,…
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Here’s a new clip of Taylor Schilling and Bryn Vale from ‘Family’