The Family Fang (2016)

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The Worst Film Ever

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The Fangs are a family of artists and their lives are filled with drama, mysteries, and a web of lies. Daughter, Annie (Nicole Kidman), son, Baxter (Jason Bateman), and their parents, performing artists Caleb (Christopher Walken) and Camille (Kathryn Hahn) all return to the family home after Baxter has an accident that lands him in the hospital. Shortly after they return home, Caleb and Camille decide to go away for a few days, but the police find their abandoned car at a rest stop.Annie is an actress hoping to see her family reunited again as it was when she was young when they were all performers. She sees their disappearance is just another one of their acts. Baxter is a cynical writer and believes they're gone for good. Is this another one of their bizarre performance acts or has something really happened to them?

A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared. My main problem with The Family Fang is not the actors i honestly think that Jason Bateman is a great actor and a director because i did liked his first work which was the comedy Bad Words also Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken did a pretty cool job as well my actually problem with the film were the characters i just couldn't support them at all they were super weird and not in a good way. The direction was good, the actors were great but the script and the characters themselves ruined the film for me and that's why i'm gonna give it an 5.0/10!!

This Be The Verse, by Philip Larkin, opens with the lines: "They f*ck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do." The Family Fang is basically an exploration of that thesis. The parents of two damaged individuals go missing. The siblings come together to try and find them, one believing they have fallen foul of serial killers, the other thinking this is another prank in a long line of stunts their parents are famous for. All the actors do credible turns, but the themes could be explored more deeply. The revelation that the father never wanted children should impact much more heavily than it does. The waning career of Kidman's actor character seems a slight and peripheral concern. Bateman's near death-by-potato is funny, but doesn't resonate to a deeper malaise. The film carries the comedy well, but the darkness is less truthful and engaging. A spotty film, with bright moments, but I wanted more than it delivered.

This film tells the story of two siblings of behavioural artists Caleb and Camille, who have to play along to their parents cruel and traumatic pranks. After they grow up, they continue to deal with issues regarding the past, and even bigger issues in the present.Wow. I have not expected the story to be so engaging and engrossing. It draws me in because it provokes people to think what is art and what is not art. I feel so sad for the siblings because their childhood years are traumatised repeatedly by the parents. The ending is intense and evokes much feelings in me. I liked "The Family Fang" and I would undoubtedly recommend others to watch it.