Sentences with phrase «dysfunctional family at»

Offering nothing new to the table of portrayals of the dysfunctional family at work or road trip pictures, Little Miss Sunshine is still a twisted pleasure.

As that list might suggest, Steven Spielberg is an obvious influence on Midnight Special, particularly in the emphasis that writer Jeff Nichols puts on the dysfunctional family at the heart of the story.

Even though Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency, the debate over replacing Obamacare has revealed the unified government to be more like a dysfunctional family at a Christmas dinner.

Not exact matches

Suburban life is highlighted at its most dysfunctional in this best picture Oscar winner that looks at a father (Kevin Spacey) in a midlife crisis and the drama surrounding the rest of his family.

I really wonder how a organization that wields the power to tell us what is deviant or not deals with the internal struggles that even in a family would be classified as dysfunctional at best.

The same labels lay at the feet of all three, and why shouldn't it, they all started from the same group of people, it's a large highly dysfunctional family.

Reality is that most families are dysfunctional, men love their wives, but they adore their mistresses and too many children suffer physically and psychologically at the hands of abusive / tired / angry / frustrated / unhappy parents.

Control is very much at the heart of many dysfunctional families and dissent or independent choices can not be tolerated.

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe, who had failed at the impossible task of convincing the dysfunctional conference family to look at each other as equals, was also scrambling.

West Ham has always liked to represent itself as a family club but increasingly it has the look and feel of one of the many dysfunctional families that regularly turn up in Albert Square; at least if you take notice of the angry brigade that dominate social media.

Angelique Cabral spends her days playing Colleen in the comedy Life in Pieces, which follows one big happy (and sometimes dysfunctional family), but at home, she is spending time with her own family....

Some families may have happened to be at a rough «patch» at all instances of observation, whereas others may not have appeared that dysfunctional at the time but generally functioned on a tense and unhealthy level.

In addition to dysfunctional family relationships, some of the key stress - creating factors in life (and therefore things to avoid, or make efforts to minimize the stress impact on the children) have been judged to include (with «Most Stressful» at the top of the list).

The information suggests the protective effect of being reared in a healthy adoptive family, with the risk for these high - genetic - risk adoptees developing schizophrenia in healthy families at 5.8 % compared with 36.8 % for those reared in «dysfunctional» families.

The dysfunctional family of comedians at Goldie's feels the stress as golden opportunities come for some but not for others.

The dysfunctional family of the recently deceased Edmund Collins (Torn, Welcome to Mooseport) comes together to honor their mostly distant father at his funeral, each of them having their own quirks that make them annoying to the rest of the family.

(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.

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.

And it features an endearingly dysfunctional family with Jason Bateman and Tina Fey at its center, both of whom wisecrack aplenty as they keep their wackier clan members in check.

Yorgos Lanthimos» scary, witty tale of a dysfunctional Greek family is hailed by Mark as both daring and brilliant — and, while its study of parent - child relationships is still relevant today, carries an «enduring influence at the heart of the Greek «weird wave»».

At its center is the predictably dysfunctional Meyerowitz family surrounding aging patriarch Harold (Dustin Hoffman), a sculptor who's turned resentful believing the world has conspired against him to reach greater success.

Following yesterday's Legendary Pictures panel at the San Diego Comic - Con, a new poster has been released for Krampus, the upcoming festive horror comedy from director Michael Dougherty (Trick «R Treat)... The horror - comedy tells the story of young Max, who turns his back on Christmas as his dysfunctional family comes together and comically clashes over the -LSB-...]

It will make you thankful for whatever dysfunctional family struggles you have because at least you know you have a family to struggle with.

After the sublime The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach returned with Margot at the Wedding, another intimate insight into dysfunctional family life.

«One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, August: Osage County is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest — and absolute worst.

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.

While this dysfunctional family drama is more depressing than inspiring, it is certain to impress at least one strong warning on those who view the film: Once you have built a barrier it is hard to tear it down, so be careful when choosing which things to encircle and which things to close out.

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.

The shockwave of this event makes an already dysfunctional family fall apart at the seams, as the father (Jeff Daniels, The Hours) withdraws into stony silence, the mother (Sigourney Weaver, The Village) devolves into a bout of hedonistic pleasures, and Tim can't put himself together no matter what he does.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Slumdog Pornographer The Pineda's are a dysfunctional family which is coming apart at the seams even as they try to keep their fledgling porno theater afloat.

Back at home for the funeral, he is reunited with his industrious older brother Paul (Corey Stoll, House of Cards), buttoned up married sister Wendy (Tina Fey, 30 Rock) and flaky, self - involved younger brother Philip (Adam Driver, Girls)-- all under the imperious eye of pop psychologist / author mother, Hilary (Jane Fonda), whose new set of boobs only adds to the dysfunctional family's impending group breakdown.

The story follows a dysfunctional family with a has - been TV star at the top who is stuck in his ways and moves in with his daughter, her girlfriend, and the child they're raising.

At first glance the storyline of Little Miss Sunshine appears to be a completely clichéd American independent comedy / drama — a dysfunctional family is thrown together under strained circumstances to go on a road trip.

But to me, it's certainly not France's best in a year that also produced Arnaud Desplechin's superbly crafted dysfunctional family saga «A Christmas Tale,» another Cannes alumnus that's also showing at Lincoln Center.

He figures he won't get stopped at the border if he rents an RV and hires three dysfunctional misfits so they can all pose as a squeaky - clean family.

is the burning question at the heart of Not Easily Broken, a dysfunctional family drama directed by Bill Duke.

With a prolific cast at his fingertips, Bateman's film becomes another entry in the dysfunctional family melodrama genre, filled with idiosyncratic, quirky characters and their colorful tics.

Their jobs in this regard were probably made a bit easier with the cast at hand, all of whom manage to play the foibles that make their family unit dysfunctional in the first place and make us sympathize with them at the same time.

Jeremy beds the third Cleary sister Gloria (Isla Fisher) during the reception, and as a result he and John are invited to the family's Maryland - coast estate for a few days of comical mishaps at the hands of the dysfunctional Cleary family, which also includes the secretary's horny wife Kathleen (Jane Seymour) and his confused son Todd (Keir O'Donnell).

There are at least two senses in which Irmgard's awkwardly timed reaction shot underscores Fassbinder's depiction of this dysfunctional family and the emotional and transactional bonds that tie it together — or fail to do so.

The four women in «Lovely & Amazing» have been described as a dysfunctional family, but they function better than some, and at least they're out there looking.

My Idiot Brother is a heart - warming look at a dysfunctional family and director Jesse Peretz brings a phenomenal cast to gether to teach a lesson to everyone who has that weird sibling out there that family knows no bounds.

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.

Moonrise Kingdom Year: 2012 Director: Wes Anderson At the time of making Moonrise Kingdom, after seven features, Wes Anderson became unmistakable: white, upper - middle - class dysfunctional families deadpan wry dialogue amid meticulous mise - en - scène to an eclectic soundtrack.

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.

For this dysfunctional family has more compelling drama than you can shake a stick of French bread at.

For this dysfunctional family is filled with more drama than you can shake a stick of French bread at.

Look at Us Now, Mother (Unrated) Gayle Kirschenbaum directed this dysfunctional family documentary chronicling her decades - long challenging relationship with her mother.