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The Family Tree
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Life in suburban Serenity, Ohio is never quite as serene as it appears. An unusual accident leaves an Ohio woman (Hope Davis) with amnesia, leading to a second chance at happiness for herself and her family.
Life in suburban Serenity, Ohio is never quite as serene as it appears. An unusual accident leaves an Ohio woman (Hope Davis) with amnesia, leading to a second chance at happiness for herself and her family.
Actors:
Adrian Alvarado,
Jake Richardson,
Madeline Zima,
Peggy Etra,
Shad Moss,
Newell Alexander,
Christina Hendricks
Adrian Alvarado
18 April 1976, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Jake Richardson
20 February 1985, Van Nuys, California, USA
Madeline Zima
16 September 1985, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Peggy Etra
Shad Moss
9 March 1987, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Newell Alexander
20 September 1935, Borger, Texas, USA
Christina Hendricks
3 May 1975, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Country:
United States
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Adrian Alvarado
18 April 1976, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Jake Richardson
20 February 1985, Van Nuys, California, USA
Madeline Zima
16 September 1985, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Peggy Etra
Shad Moss
9 March 1987, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Newell Alexander
20 September 1935, Borger, Texas, USA
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Television Without Pity
August 26, 2011
Davis could play a role like Bunnie in her sleep, Mulroney often seems to be asleep and the rest of the overqualified supporting cast just appears relieved that their screentime is limited.
August 30, 2011
So in the end what we are presented with is a mildly affable comedy of familial dysfunction that wants to chide the times for being both morally and emotionally obtuse. Instead, The Family Tree winds up being little more than a film uprooted.
August 25, 2011
Friedman's inability to successfully reconcile the film's duality undercuts an eclectic cast gamely committed to Mark Lisson's thematically ambitious, if scattered, script.
New York Times
August 25, 2011
The only reason I can think of to watch Vivi Friedman's flat, satirical farce "The Family Tree" - and it's not a good enough reason - is the opportunity to play a game of spot the semi-star.
November 23, 2011
...a misguided and thoroughly obnoxious piece of work that wears out its welcome almost immediately.
August 26, 2011
To judge from the talent she drew for her shaky debut, Vivi Friedman must either be very well connected or an awfully smooth talker.
August 29, 2011
Another around-the-bend black comedy that doesn't work.
August 23, 2011
[It makes] a small case for not succumbing to nostalgic malaise -- too bad it's in a genre as played-out as [the] lead characters' passion.
August 29, 2011
The Family Tree is never willing to try and really understand its family, instead creating wall of surface-level quirks as shorthand for their personalities.
August 26, 2011
"Mad Men" devotees may show up for Christina Hendricks, who plays Mulroney's buxom secretary. Quite the acting stretch.
March 01, 2013
The Family Tree is a surprisingly funny dysfunctional family comedy that manages to entertain throughout.