http://www.avclub.com/content/topics/Family_drama/feed en-us http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/georgia_rule?utm_source=from_tag Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, and Lindsay Lohan star in this, um, heartwarming film about coming to grips with sexual abuse and alcoholism. Fri, 11 May 2007 12:17:50 -0400 Cinema Review Keith_Phipps Jane_Fonda Dermot_Mulroney Garry_Marshall Lindsay_Lohan Felicity_Huffman Family_drama 61586_5f0bf89f173a3118a52873015c029dd7 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/brand_upon_the_brain?utm_source=from_tag Guy Maddin's demented silent film will hit a few lucky cities with a live orchestra, Foley effects, and a celebrity narrator. But does it hold up without them? Thu, 10 May 2007 18:26:07 -0400 Cinema Review Scott_Tobias Silent_Movie Family_drama Guy_Maddin Erik_Steffen_Maahs Gretchen_Krich Sullivan_Brown melodrama 61563_4d944d20f33cb1013fa5b24667a74b7f http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/away_from_her?utm_source=from_tag Sarah Polley's directorial debut grapples sensitively with the destabilizing onset of old age and Alzheimer's in a marriage. Thu, 03 May 2007 17:57:27 -0400 Cinema Review Tasha_Robinson Relationships Alice_Munro Gordon_Pinsent Family_drama Sarah_Polley Julie_Christie Olympia_Dukakis Michael_Murphy Ron_Hewat Alzheimer's 61379_e9fd92772d30b6add348feac96de03e1 http://www.avclub.com/content/words/the_post_birthday_world?utm_source=from_tag A novel explores two worlds split by a difficult choice. Thu, 03 May 2007 16:35:34 -0400 Words Review Scott_Tobias literary_fiction Family_drama Lionel_Shriver 61366_2e3ab70faddd3b22e07cbd942854bfb2 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/the_invisible?utm_source=from_tag Emo kids get their own <i>Wings Of Desire</i> in this story of a half-dead teenager stuck between the real world and the afterlife. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:05:42 -0400 Cinema Review Scott_Tobias Drama_Movie Emo Family_drama David_S._Goyer Justin_Chatwin Margarita_Levieva Marcia_Gay_Harden 61186_786186a9aeda2ffeca8bb3aa065fdd90 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/snow_cake?utm_source=from_tag Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver bring weight to an off-key indie drama about a high-functioning autistic and the man who witnessed her daughter's death. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:03:48 -0400 Cinema Review Noel_Murray Family_drama Marc_Evans Sigourney_Weaver Alan_Rickman Carrie-Anne_Mos Angela_Pell Emily_Hampshire 61130_2f20ba7e2d02e0cb3156ad0dc322f66d http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/diggers?utm_source=from_tag Paul Rudd leads an impressive ensemble cast as one of four working-class friends working as clam diggers on Long Island. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:58:41 -0400 Cinema Review Nathan_Rabin Drama_Movie Paul_Rudd Family_drama Katherine_Dieckmann Maura_Tierney Ken_Marino Lauren_Ambrose fishermen 61126_573c0b0fb5701a76b5978dab3909fc69 http://www.avclub.com/content/words/what_the_dead_know?utm_source=from_tag The mysteries are multiple in this time-shifting novel. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:43:22 -0400 Words Review Noel_Murray Mystery_Novel Family_drama Laura_Lippman 61120_cfd4de37e20ade2b8a45aecc171afbb4 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/whole_new_thing?utm_source=from_tag A home-schooled student enrolls in a high school and looks to his English teacher to ease the transition. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:18:15 -0400 Cinema Review Noel_Murray high_school Family_drama Amnon_Buchbinder Aaron_Webber Daniel_MacIvor Rebecca_Jenkins 60389_f66e44787f9270a23533e455f5a4f9e6 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/i_think_i_love_my_wife?utm_source=from_tag Writer-director-star Chris Rock turns a 35-year-old French conversation piece into his most personal film to date. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:53:21 -0400 Cinema Review Scott_Tobias Chris_Rock Kerry_Washington Gina_Torres Louis_C.K. Chloe_In_The_Afternoon Eric_Rohmer Family_drama adultery 59723_810d9259c458ffb37d0880128896ba4d