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Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustTom gradually chips away at the preening facade to seemingly unmask a complex woman whose self-image was largely shaped by her appearance-obsessed father. However, the deeper he digs, the more elusive his subject becomes.
- 80Village VoiceAbby GarnettVillage VoiceAbby GarnettIt’s a potent psychodrama, pitting Marianne’s reality against the one Fassaert is documenting
- 80The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe film is much more about the way in which people perceive one another than about the way people really are.
- 80Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganA Family Affair is by turns fascinating and futile, running the risk that by exposing the heartbreak of one family it will repel all those with their own unresolvable family sadness.
- 75Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneThroughout A Family Affair, time is continually collapsed to the point where events separated by many years bleed into one another.
- 50The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyBy the jaw-dropping climax (an argument over a family portrait), and the film’s not-entirely unpredictable denouement, you aren’t sure whether you are witnessing an investigative family chronicle or an act of revenge.