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The Family Tree, 2011
English
Australia, USA
Profile of The Family Tree
The Family Tree can be described as offbeat, touching, and humorous. The plot revolves around memory loss, suburban life, and a dysfunctional family. The main genres are drama, comedy, and independent. In approach, The Family Tree is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the suburbs. It is located in Ohio. The Family Tree takes place in contemporary times.
Summary of The Family Tree
Life in suburban Serenity, Ohio is never quite as serene as it appears. Instead of happy days and rosy gardens, the dysfunctional Burnett family – Bunnie (Hope Davis), Jack (Dermot Mulroney) and their twin 17 year olds Eric (Max Thieriot) and Kelly (Britt Robertson) – seems like a lost cause as stagnation, infidelity, and one tricky mother-in-law (Jane Seymour) eat away at the core of this modern American family. When a freak accident leaves Bunnie with a case of amnesia, the Burnetts get an unexpected second chance at happiness. Meanwhile, next door neighbor Simon (Chi McBride) is relieved that his tryst gone wrong with Bunnie remains undetected, at least for the moment.
With no memories of her bad marriage, her children, or even the affair that caused her amnesia, Bunnie tries to pull the family together but it’s no easy task. After ignoring her husband, Jack, for years, he has become a lost soul, begging his heartless boss (Evan Handler) for a promotion while desperately flirting with co-workers (Christina Hendricks and Gabrielle Anwar). Eric now looks to Reverend Diggs (Keith Carradine) as a pseudo-father figure, albeit it a gun-toting, pot-smoking one. And Kelly lashes out at everyone while befriending handicapped lesbian Mitzy (Madeline Zima) and stringing along punk rock rebel Paul (John Patrick Amedori).
Before long, a slew of past relationships, kids with guns, a suicidal teacher, a very zealous religious club, misinterpreted advances, corporate down-sizing, and one fateful squirrel combine to create enough mayhem to test the resolve, sanity and future of any family!
And as things finally come to a head in the Burnett’s driveway, two wannabe criminals from lockup (Bow Wow and Jermaine Williams) follow Simon, who just got arrested after a misunderstand with the local police, home and kidnap him along with Bunnie and Jack. This results in a whacky series of events that will either bring the family together or ruin them for good.
THE FAMILY TREE is a hilarious, touching, and offbeat comedy which explores the frailties and complexities of the contemporary American family – and what it takes to survive in a suburban jungle. After all, every family has its hang-ups.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Australia, USA |
| Release date: | 26 August 2011 |
| Runtime: | 87 min |
Cast and Crew
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Users Reviews
- 27.November.2011
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- by: Guy
- Guy rated this movie
8/10Great
- 08.September.2011
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- by: Django
- Django rated this movie6/10Okay
