Sentences with phrase «about dysfunctional families with»

Max Greenfield (left), Brie Larson and Woody Harrelson star in «The Glass Castle,» about a dysfunctional family with an unpredictable dad who drinks and rules erratically.

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``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»

A friend who was a counselor before she retired and who knew from work one of the main problems in that church, sat me down one day and talked to me about what it had been like to work with that woman and how everyone saw that woman, and then my friend gave me this article to read that she had learned and used while she was still in practice before she retired: https://glynissherwood.com/12-steps-to-breaking-free-from-being-the-family-scapegoat/ This article speaks about family, but my friend told me it can be applied to any dysfunctional group of people.

What he's (Jonze) ended up with strikes me as one of the most empathic and psychologically acute of all movies about childhood — a «Wizard of Oz» for the dysfunctional - family era.

In 2012, she completed work with Griffin Dunne on Justin Schwartz's film THE DISCOVERS, a human comedy about a dysfunctional family.

However, it does a very good job of showing Kurt as a troubled boy, growing up angry within a dysfunctional family, and the tragedy that evolves from him pretending not to care about being cool while desperately wanting to be loved and failing to deal in a healthy way with any kind of rejection.

(In Portuguese with subtitles) Death at a Funeral (R for profanity and drug use) Offbeat British comedy about the relatives of a recently - deceased family patriarch who hope not only to bury the body but also a dark secret about the dysfunctional dearly departed.

The Brothers Solomon (R for sexuality and profanity) Dysfunctional - family comedy about a couple of romantically - challenged brothers (Will Arnett and Will Forte) in search of a woman willing to mate with one of them in order to fulfill their dying father's (Lee Majors) wish for a grandson.

Fierce People (R for nudity, profanity, sexuality, drug use and violence) Dysfunctional family drama about a coke - addicted single - mom (Diane Lane) struggling to survive in NYC who decides to try to get her life back on track by showing up with her 16 year - old son (Anton Yelchin) at the sprawling, suburban estate of a wealthy, elderly client (Donald Sutherland) of hers.

Girl Most Likely (PG - 13 for sexuality and profanity) Dysfunctional family comedy about a suicidal, struggling playwright (Kristen Wiig) who moves back to Jersey from Manhattan to live with her gambling - addicted, ex go - go dancer mother (Annette Bening).

The Color Wheel (Unrated) Dysfunctional family comedy about the sibling rivalry which surfaces during a road trip when a just - jilted, young woman (Carlen Altman) enlists the assistance of her obnoxious brother (Alex Ross Perry) to move her belongings after a bad break - up with her college professor boyfriend (Bob Byington).

It's similar to, but not nearly as much of a comedy as that other «Sunshine» movie with an Albuquerque, New Mexico setting, Little Miss Sunshine, with its dysfunctional family anchored by the dryly quirky paternal Alan Arkin (Firewall, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing).

His sophomore feature Boogie Nights (1997), about the adult film industry in the late 1970s (partially inspired by the life of porno star John Holmes) is a surprisingly vibrant, funny, and at times quite warm story of a dysfunctional filmmaking family, with Burt Reynolds as a quiet but firm director Dad and Julianne Moore as the porn star surrogate mother to the company's teen stars Rollergirl (Heather Graham) and Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), the «natural» from the suburbs who is quickly recruited.

THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU Director: Shawn Levy Starring: Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver, Connie Britton, Kathryn Hahn, Rose Byrne, Dax Shepard, Timothy Olyphant, Debra Monk It's become a joke with my parents that I love movies about dysfunctional families.

But all of the above is about to be derailed due to the deteriorating state of the dysfunctional family he's stuck with.

While the script got them other work, including on Alexander Payne «s «The Descendants,» for which they shared the Oscar with Payne, «The Way Way Back» — a coming - of - age comedy about a young man working at a waterpark to avoid his dysfunctional family — languished in development hell.

It's become a joke with my parents that I love movies about dysfunctional families.

All We Had (Unrated) Dysfunctional family drama about a cash - strapped single - mom (Katie Holmes) living hand - to - mouth with her 13 year - old daughter (Stefania Owen) until they move to a tiny town where she finds a steady job as a waitress only to be victimized by a fast - talking mortgage broker (Mark Consuelos).

The story is about a dysfunctional family and their relationship with each other, especially when unexpected events force them to all be in the same room.

It's an entire subgenre unto itself: the indie comedy - drama about a guy in his 30s who goes back to his small town to deal with his wacky, dysfunctional family and learn some important life lessons.

Writer - director David O. Russell has made three kinds of movies: offbeat romances («Flirting With Disaster»), surreal comedies («I Heart Huckabees») and dramas about dysfunctional yet appealing families («The Fighter»).

It's a classic dysfunctional family comedy - drama in many respects, with every single family member of the central Jacobs family dealing with some sort of personal trouble: older sister Dana (Slate) with misgivings about her engagement to Ben (Jay Duplass), which she channels into an affair with an old college friend, Nate (Finn Wittrock); younger sister Ali (Abby Quinn) with a rebellious nature that leads her into all - night clubbing and increasingly adventurous drug use; and their on - the - outs parents, Pat (Edie Falco) and Alan (John Turturro), the stagnation of their marriage only magnified when Ali discovers her father indulging in his own philandering.

Even better is the return of the guttural sound of The Blaster Beam, Craig Huxley's instrument so familiar to fans of «Star Trek: The Motion Picture» and «Dreamscape,» Given that much of the action is driven by dialogue and character, It says something about Trachtenberg's confidence in McCreary's musical storytelling ability that the whole opening plays only with score with score, setting up a highly dysfunctional nuclear family, locked in by doomsday.

I'm Glad My Mother Is Still Alive (Unrated) Dysfunctional family drama about a troubled teenager's (Vincent Rottiers) obsession with finding his birth mother (Sophie Cattani) who had given him up for adoption at the age of four.

Life during Wartime (Unrated) Dysfunctional family dramedy, written and directed by Todd Solondz, about a divorcee (Allison Janney) with two teenage sons (Dylan Riley Snider and Chris Marquette) who finds herself torn between reconciling with her just - paroled, pedophile ex (Ciaran Hinds) and a guy (Michael Lerner) who'd make a much better role model for her boys.

(In Persian with subtitles) The Family Tree (Unrated) Dysfunctional family drama about a philandering wife (Hope Davis) who turns a new leaf after developing amnesia when she hits her head while cheating on her husband (Dermot Mulroney) with their next - door neighbor (Chi McBFamily Tree (Unrated) Dysfunctional family drama about a philandering wife (Hope Davis) who turns a new leaf after developing amnesia when she hits her head while cheating on her husband (Dermot Mulroney) with their next - door neighbor (Chi McBfamily drama about a philandering wife (Hope Davis) who turns a new leaf after developing amnesia when she hits her head while cheating on her husband (Dermot Mulroney) with their next - door neighbor (Chi McBride).

Cyrus (R for profanity and sexuality) Dysfunctional family comedy about a divorced guy (John C. Reilly) who thinks he's met the woman of his dreams (Marisa Tomei) until he has to deal with her 21 year - old son (Jonah Hill) still living at home.

Peter Hedges, who scored with a similar hit about a dysfunctional family who find unity through a tragedy in Pieces of April continues to generate warmth and laughs by creating three - dimensional characters that, like most families, are annoying but loving at the same time.

Our Little Sister (PG for mature themes and brief mild epithets) Dysfunctional family dramedy about three sisters (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa and Kaho) living in their late grandmother's home who invite a half - sibling (Suzu Hirose) they meet at their father's funeral to move in with them.

Four Christmases (PG - 13 for profanity and sexual humor) Dysfunctional family comedy, set in San Francisco, about an unhappily - married couple (Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon) forced to spend the holidays with several sets of relatives after their plans for an exotic getaway are ruined when the fog rolls in.

Brothers (R for profanity and disturbing violence) Jim Sheridan directs this dysfunctional family drama about an ex-con (Jake Gyllenhaal) who gets involved with his big brother's (Tobey Maguire) wife (Natalie Portman) after his sibling goes missing in Afghanistan, only to have a lot of explaining to do upon the decorated veteran's rescue and return to the States.

I'm fascinated with books about dysfunctional families when there is survival and redemption and Ruta's story is one of the best.

But if I have to pick one, I would choose the first chapter about Tammy, the girl who came from a dysfunctional family, started with nothing, but against all odds came out on the top.

Launching June 2 for PS4, Xbox One and PC, Tekken 7 takes the iconic fighting game franchise to new heights with a slew of new characters, tons of online options and a sweeping story mode about the most dysfunctional video game family ever.

Steve Shane is a passionate art collector with eclectic tastes, but from the nearly thousand diverse artworks that he has amassed over the last three decades, Shane recognizes recurring tendencies and themes, like «art about art,» «painting without paint,» and «dysfunctional family..

Counselors work with family members to identify roles, communication deficiencies, and dysfunctional behavioral patterns, hoping to educate couples about positive interaction strategies.