The Family (2013 film)

• Robert De Niro: Fred Blake / Giovanni Manzoni
• Michelle Pfeiffer: Maggie Blake
• Dianna Agron: Belle Blake
• John D' Leo: Warren Blake
• Tommy Lee Jones: Robert Stanfield

Mala Vita - The Family ( Original title: The Family ) is an American- French comedy film directed by Luc Besson in 2013 with Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones in the leading roles.

Action

The film is from a U.S. mafia family, the Manzoni, located in the witness protection program, and therefore live in Normandy, France. However, the communities will expire soon then back into his old habits.

Criticism

The film received mostly negative reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes, he reached a positive rating only at 28 percent of the reviewers.

" Luc Besson is an avowed fan of the gangster film. That it shows. Above all, his sympathies for Scorsese and Co. you can literally feel. And yet has his tribute here and there gaps in the plot on. Especially under the constant France - America clichés suffered by the humor. Unlike Tonino Benacquistas novel " Mala Vita " Besson has focused increasingly focused on this. This can only be compensated by the convincing cast now and then. " Mala Vita - The Family " still offers good entertainment and is designed primarily for fans of Mafia films a nice change. "

" How could that go wrong just so terrible it all? Perhaps " Mala Vita - The Family " yes a national of the genre that I like to call " holiday movie". This does not mean that one should look at these films on vacation, but that the film is the byproduct of an extended holiday itself. Films which preferentially play on vineyards, Caribbean islands or stately country houses, many of which belong to the filmmakers themselves. The offer a more sedate action without a lot of action and in which you have the feeling, the set catering was actually more important than the content of the script. "

Background

The film Mala Vita - The Family is based on the novel Mala Vita. A Mafia Comedy by Tonino Benacquista.

At the realization of Mala Vita - The Family film production companies EuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production and Relativity Media were involved.

The U.S. premiere of the film took place on September 10, 2013 in New York City, New York, and in the German cinema, he was seen as from 21 November 2013.