Prime VideoThe Family (2013)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.9
Overview
After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.
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Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Female Combat: Yes
Christianity: Positive
Overview
After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.
Starring Cast
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Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film primarily functions as a dark comedy about a criminal family's inability to shed their violent nature, with its core conflict and narrative resolution lacking a discernible political agenda or ideological stance.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white main family and supporting characters, without any intentional race or gender swaps. The narrative focuses on the family's criminal antics and adaptation challenges, without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features two female characters, Maggie and Belle Blake, who both engage in and win direct physical confrontations against male opponents. Maggie defeats a male store manager, and Belle overcomes multiple male attackers in hand-to-hand and melee weapon combat.
The film portrays Christianity through the local Catholic church and its priest as a generally benign and well-meaning institution. While the protagonist, Maggie, struggles to genuinely embrace its tenets, her superficial attempts and the priest's naivete are played for dark humor, highlighting the family's inability to change rather than critiquing the faith itself.
The film "The Family" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses on a heterosexual family in witness protection, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate under the provided framework.
The film "The Family" is an adaptation of the novel "Malavita." A review of the main characters in both the book and the film reveals no instances where a character's established gender was changed for the screen adaptation.
The film is an adaptation of the novel "Malavita" by Tonino Benacquista, featuring a fictional Italian-American Mafia family. The characters, implicitly white in the source material, are portrayed by white actors in the film, with no instances of a character's race being changed from an established baseline.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
4.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.3
6.4
Critic Ratings
2.8
4.2
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