 There's a lot of applause for the Douglas family in the reviews for It Runs in the Family. "Throughout the movie you can feel the actors' offscreen relationships resonating with their performances and enriching them immeasurably," writes Stephen Holden in the New York Times. But Megan Lehmann in the New York Post observes that "the clan was seemingly so eager to finally work together that they settled for a script that manages to be thin and overwrought at the same time." But Ty Burr of the Boston Globe says that director Fred Schepisi manages to keep "this largely plotless film percolating along in a manner that plays more convincingly the older you are. Moviegoers under 30 will find the film's younger characters absurdly naive; those over 60 will see many of their own concerns about family and aging mirrored onscreen. This one's for your parents, your grandparents, and the entire state of Florida." |
