The Perfect Family (2011)

Simply A Masterpiece

Pretty Good

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

As a person raised in a strict Catholic community it warmed my heart to see this movie. I wish it was shown at every Catholic church in the world because the acceptance and forgiveness in this movie is more in keeping with the teachings of Christ than the hate that is spewed by the sheep in his name. How anyone could think this is anti-catholic when it is all about what it means to be a real follower of Jesus and about God's love for all his creations. The only unbelievable thing was that the mother would be able to forgive herself and accept her children when the reality is many Catholics will reject and harm their children rather than question their self-serving dogma.

The dogma of religious and social politics are, in the end, mere scenery. You could put this independent ditty in any social setting where behavior and expectations are scrutinized. I think a successful 12-stepper in particular would recognize the elementary purity of the message. A pleasant surprise. Drugs and alcohol are represented, by analogy and metaphor, as symptoms rather than as root cause, of the manifestations of character defects and the interactions of personal and societal expectations. Conflict-> resolution. Crucifixion -- by self and circumstances -- resurrection and ascension; virtue as its own reward. No different than Return of the Jedi, in that sense, and a lot less noise.

My wife was watching this today and I thought I will also watch it for a while. Within minutes I was horrified by the stereotypes displayed in perfect ignorance by atheist central a.k.a Hollywood. Catholic/Christian women are barefoot and pregnant in kitchen, slaves of the church and the husband, intolerant, ugly and also pretty much illiterate. On the other hand Lesbian women are pretty, intelligent, sophisticated, educated, eco-conscious, doing high power jobs and of course victimized...boohoo. Way to tow the party line. Icing on the cake is when Kathleen Turner blurts out "I don't have to think I am Catholic". Horrible politically motivated piece of filth.What's more this movie totally made me lose respect for Emily D who was once one of my favorite actresses. I gave this 1 star because I can't give a zero. I recommend all Christians to boycott this and also if possible lodge a complaint with the LMN channel.

"I don't have to think, I'm catholic." Eileen Cleary (Turner) has finally been nominated for Catholic Woman Of The Year and wants to win it badly. She will stop at nothing to win which includes trying to cover up her families choices. She then becomes conflicted as to winning or being a supportive mother. I have to start by saying that after the first half hour I was almost ready to turn this off. I'm not saying that it wasn't good but just really slow and seemed to lack emotion. The more I watched the better it got though and I really liked the ending. For a movie like this the ending was perfect. My biggest problem with this movie is that it seemed to lack real emotion and all the performances seemed flat and phoned in. I'm not sure what it was but I just felt like it was missing something to make me feel for the characters. Overall, a movie with a perfect ending that is worth watching but was lacking any real emotion from the actors. I give it a B-.