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Director
Daniel Burman
Cast
Daniel Hendler,
Arturo Goetz,
Eloy Burman,
Adriana Aizemberg,
Julieta Díaz
Genre
Drama
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.
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TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox
Writer-director Daniel Burman's dryly humorous, poker-faced comedic style is once again in full play in this funny and touching film about a young Argentine man and his aging father, both of whom happen to be lawyers.
Village Voice
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.
Village Voice by Ella Taylor
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.
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.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
This is a comedy made for people who think, who like smart talk and who, like the Perelmans, know the score.
San Francisco Chronicle by Ruthe Stein
It's a serious subject handled with humor -- not the ha-ha kind, but the hard laughter that comes from recognizing parts of yourself in the Perelmans.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Delicate, bittersweet comedy.
Variety by Jonathan Holland
A deft, witty and emotionally rewarding study of a thirtysomething man in his roles as father and son.
The New Republic by Stanley Kauffmann
Burman is particularly good at the tiny details that become recognition points in daily patterns.
Washington Post by Ann Hornaday
Family Law never really gets to the nitty-gritty of the Perelmans' fraught relationship, instead maintaining a gently ironic distance that, while admirable in its restraint, ultimately lacks emotional fire.
The A.V. Club by Noel Murray
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.
Salon by Andrew O'Hehir
An alternately charming and frustrating comic entertainment.
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.
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
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.
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.
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