Family Law Critic Reviews
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It's a serious subject handled with humor -- not the ha-ha kind, but the hard laughter that comes from recognizing parts of yourself in the Perelmans.Read the full review
Family Law never really gets to the nitty-gritty of the Perelmans' fraught relationship, instead maintaining a gently ironic distance that, while admirable in its restraint, ultimately lacks emotional fire.Read the full review
Delicate, bittersweet comedy.Read the full review
A deft, witty and emotionally rewarding study of a thirtysomething man in his roles as father and son.Read the full review
While Family Law is well-shot, it's not spectacularly well-shot, or involving in any conventional cinematic way.Read the full review
Well acted.Read the full review
It's a deceptively small film, one whose observations may continue to detonate quietly in your mind after the lights have come up.Read the full review
A meticulously observed story about fathers and sons within the Argentine Jewish community...What the film desperately lacks, however, is any meaningful conflict. Thus, there is little story here.Read the full review
