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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThin as it is, Family Tree is no slog - the droll, attentive performances by Davis and Mulroney are endearing, and the extraneous guest-star bits (including Christina Hendricks as a secretary, no less) and rambling B stories aren't overly distracting.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDirector Vivi Friedman's inability to successfully reconcile the film's duality undercuts an eclectic cast gamely committed to Mark Lisson's thematically ambitious, if scattered, script.
- 38Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenA few trite race and religion jokes goose up what's mostly a sentimental story of a dysfunctional family suddenly and magically learning to function again.
- Family Tree, which seems to have been written using indie-film Mad Libs, devolves into way too many quirky subplots.
- 10The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe only reason I can think of to watch Vivi Friedman's flat, satirical farce The Family Tree - and it's not a good enough reason - is the opportunity to play a game of spot the semi-star.