SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

ales_kovarik The main idea of this movie - gay couple in mafia - was interesting and this alone could make a good movie with the parents facing their son as a killer for mafia. But some things made the movie so stupid, that it felt almost like the writer got drunk, wrote some "funny" lines and a movie was made. I'm talking about the military parents. If the producers cut this part off the movie they could save some money on the bad actors portraying the militants and invest it to improving the script.And the usual complain: no kiss and except for the last scene, there was no touch between the gay couple. But to be impartial, the other people in the movies didn't kiss as well.

jennifergerbil What a cute movie! I must have watched this five times, the first time I rented it, although I had to hide the remote to keep from going back to the close-up shots of the actors. It certainly didn't hurt that they were just gorgeous.The acting overall was what I expected and I didn't have a problem with the pace of the movie. It helps to go into this looking to have fun and not some sort of connection to the plot or characters. This is meant to be fun and lighthearted (its not the Sopranos) and it delivers. There were several chuckle-worthy scenes, although watching them try to cook was more a 'laugh in horror' kind of thing. And I loved the role the two played with the mob family -- they are part of the family. I thought it was adorable the way the Don was almost protective of them, and Jenny... too funny! I was a bit disappointed with the fact that Stephen and Danny had very few affectionate gestures at first but with the second and third viewings... well, those glances were pretty heavy and the lack in the beginning made that final "almost kissed" scene even more powerful. Although my daughter ("That's it?! He's not gonna kiss him?!), didn't think so. Ah well.Oh, if you get a hold of this, be sure to check out all of the features. I liked the deleted scene that shows a tense moment between Stephen and Danny. It's a shame it didn't make the final cut but I can see why -- it's almost harsh compared to how upbeat the rest is.

btx I watched this flick the other night with my roommate (he picked it out; I didn't), and it was unbelievably bad. We both agreed it was one of the worst movies we'd ever seen. The jokes, about mothers, midwesterners, mafioso, et. al., are hideous and lame. The characters are all horrible cliches. The plot marches on in a ludicrous fashion that really grates on the nerves. Cuts between scenes that are meant to subtly emphasize the irony of the situation only reveal the insipid obviousness of the plot. On top of it all, the over-the-top, hammy acting reinforces so many stupid stereotypes that you wind up wanting to yell at the screen. Despite this, my roommate and I resolved to finish the movie. Don't ask me why -- perhaps we were hoping for a sex scene that never happened.

John Frame I gave this a "6" for being well intentioned, but to me it seemed to be trying too hard to catch middle of the road support.The characters don't develop convincingly at all - especially the supposed gay male couple who never even kiss properly. The most they do do is eye each other off. It smacked severely of straight actors playing gay for pay.This was the opening film of Brisbane's "Queer Film & Video Weekend" on 27th March 2003 - and though I didn't like it at all, the bulk of the audience (men and women) loved it.I much prefered the dark humour of "Nine Dead Gay Guys" which screened the next evening and which was unapologetic, inventive and fully entertaining. "Friends and Family" was really just fluffy - ala "Will & Grace".