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Family Law
Directed by
Daniel Burman
Not Rated
2006
1h 42m
Drama
,
Comedy
6.8
73%
70%
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As he adjusts to being a husband and father, Ariel Perelman meditates on the ways in which he is similar -- and so very different -- from his own dad.
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Cast of Family Law
Daniel Hendler
Ariel Perelman
Arturo Goetz
Bernardo Perelman
Eloy Burman
Gastón Perelman
Adriana Aizemberg
Norita
Julieta Díaz
Sandra
Damián Dreizik
Family Law Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
A subtly perceptive charmer that was Argentina's entry for a best foreign film Oscar and might have been nominated in a less competitive year.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Family Law offers a sweet, understated perspective on the psychological dance of wariness, hope and acceptance that occurs between many a father and son.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
This delicate, bittersweet comedy prepares you for an eruption of high drama that never arrives.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Director-writer Daniel Burman follows the two lawyers through their daily chores. Little of consequence happens, and the lack of drama will keep viewers from caring about the characters.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Family Law, from Argentina, is a very articulate comedy about fatherhood and marriage.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
A deceptively small film, one whose observations may continue to detonate quietly in your mind after the lights have come up.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Family Law is well acted, but if Antoine Doinel had been nearly this serene, Truffaut's career would have petered out after three films.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
[Director Daniel] Burman tends to focus very tightly on the details of individual identity - religion, nationality, gender. It is all the more striking, then, that his restrained and unassuming films are wise enough to speak to every adult.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Stamets
A pleasant, crisply paced look at a wary character.
AV Club
Noel Murray
[Director] Burman's decision to fill nearly every second of the film with Hendler's voice -- either in dialogue or in narration -- constrains Family Law to the point of view of an indecisive navel-gazer.
Film.com
Jonathan F. Richards
The lessons of this slight human comedy are not groundbreaking, but they do strike a warmly universal chord.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
This observant little movie does delicately touch on those unspoken assumptions that animate so many filial relationships. And the wry, soft-spoken tone is a welcome one amid the dysfunctional burlesques Hollywood routinely extrudes.
Variety
Jonathan Holland
A deft, witty and emotionally rewarding study of a thirtysomething man in his roles as father and son.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Particularly good at the tiny details that become recognition points in daily patterns.
Village Voice
Ella Taylor
[Director Daniel] Burman's beguiling tribute to his Jewish father -- or, for all I know, the one he wishes he had -- is warm and deep enough to give humanism a good name.
Chicago Reader
Reece Pendleton
Admirably low-key, yet [director Daniel] Burman's relaxed approach becomes a liability -- everything goes down smoothly but leaves one hungry for something more substantial.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
Like Woody Allen, [director Daniel] Burman is a Jewish worrier who covers all present and future bases. He's the most indispensable worrier we have.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
An alternately charming and frustrating comic entertainment from Argentine writer-director Daniel Burman.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
Low-key without being ho-hum, sexy in a brainy-but-humble way, Hendler is a how-to study in the charismatic power of unembellished screen acting.
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
There are nuggets of truths to discover, but where's the drama?
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