It’s hard to be too upset with Family Movie, especially if you’re at all a fan of any of the Bacon-Sedgwicks. Starring the filmmaking family as a filmmaking family who are making a film together when a dead body turns up, the cheekily meta horror-comedy benefits hugely from the audience’s preexisting goodwill toward this clan.
It’s just plain cute to see married couple Kevin Bacon (who also directed) and Kyra Sedgwick draw from what we can only assume is their real-life chemistry to play Jack, a director, and Ellen, his wife and leading lady. Or to imagine how much of Ellen’s protectiveness toward her actress daughter, Ulla, must mirror Kyra’s toward her own actress daughter and co-star, Sosie Bacon.
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The Bottom Line Good for them, just okay for us.
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