Everybody In Our Family

Running time: 108 mins

What do they say about the road to hell and good intentions? Oh, yeah: "Hang on to your hats, folks! It's going to be a bumpy ride!" Marius is a divorced dentist on a short fuse. All he wants is a quiet weekend at the seaside with his daughter Sofia. What he gets is. . . something else. This "car crash of social taboos and kitchen sink drama with an unrelenting energy and panache" (London IFF) is a glorious display of familial discontent and obsessive frustration, equal parts comedy, drama, and out-and-out lunacy; a hilarious, chaotic, terrifying, and intensely involving cautionary "reductio ad absurdum." It is the Romanian New Wave at its finest: a domestic meltdown with ensemble acting worthy of Mike Leigh's "Grown Ups" - every bit as heartfelt and every bit as ironic. - Charlie Cockey