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Argentina, Italy, Spain · 2006
1h 42m
Director Daniel Burman
Starring Daniel Hendler, Arturo Goetz, Eloy Burman, Adriana Aizemberg
Genre Drama
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Ariel, a law professor in his 30s, struggles with his own identity and his relationship with his father, a respected lawyer. As he begins a new relationship, Ariel is forced to question his own life in this observant drama.
Like his equally father-fixated, and equally wonderful, 2003 film "Lost Embrace," Burman's beguiling tribute to his Jewish father -- or, for all I know, the one he wishes he had -- is warm and deep enough to give humanism a good name.
An alternately charming and frustrating comic entertainment.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Burman tends to focus very tightly on the details of individual identity - religion, nationality, gender. It is all the more striking, then, that his restrained and unassuming films are wise enough to speak to every adult.
A deft, witty and emotionally rewarding study of a thirtysomething man in his roles as father and son.
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
A meticulously observed story about fathers and sons within the Argentine Jewish community...What the film desperately lacks, however, is any meaningful conflict. Thus, there is little story here.
While Family Law is well-shot, it's not spectacularly well-shot, or involving in any conventional cinematic way.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Well acted.
Chicago Reader by Reece Pendleton
Engaging and well acted, the film is admirably low-key, yet Burman's relaxed approach becomes a liability--everything goes down smoothly but leaves one hungry for something more substantial.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Delicate, bittersweet comedy.
After sitting a while in front of my computer trying to come with the right word to describe the Argentine soaper Family Law, I've settled on "diverting." You will be entertained, but you won't tax your brain.
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