It Runs in the Family

release date:April 25, 2003
Tuesday October 21, 2003 (dvd)
genre:Comedy
running time:109 min.
director:Fred Schepisi
studio:MGM Pictures
producer(s):Michael Douglas
screenplay:Jesse Wigutow
cast:Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, Rory Culkin, Diana Douglas, Bernadette Peters, Michelle Monaghan
Current Tribute rating: Current rating: 2.09    Rate Movie     User Reviews

It Runs in the Family Movie Synopsis

The Grombergs are highly successful New York family -- except when it comes to communicating with each other. Three generations of a family, each in their own dysfunctional way, live their own separate lives but find a couple of moments in time to come together through laughter and tears and remind themselves they are attached by blood.

Mitchell Gromberg (Kirk Douglas), the patriarch, is having difficulty coming to grips with his mortality. His son, Alex (Michael Douglas), has spent his life trying not to duplicate his father's mistakes, while Alex's eldest son, Asher (Cameron Douglas), a rebellious college student, tries to cope with life, love, sex and rock 'n' roll in today's confused society.

They all struggle to get from one end of life to the other -- the younger Grombergs try to figure out where they are going while the older Grombergs try to figure out how in hell they got there in the first place.

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Pretty good! Moving!

Absolutely disgusting. No plot, bad acting, a total waste of time and money. Give it a miss.

I thought that this was a really touching and poinagnt film about life in a not so perfect family. The Douglas`s did a fantastic job and the Culkin boy shines in his odd boy role. About time someone made a funny/sad movie about a family like those on your street.