Family Business

Unfocused film seems unsure of its tone, beginning as broad caper comedy but morphing into a quite serious and heavy-handed family drama as it proceeds; the uneven tone permeates most of the supporting performances, the story and especially the bizarre show-tune like score. Worth watching however for a pair of wonderful (and funny) performances from Connery and Hoffman; Broderick is unfortunately very bland and one-note, and Lumet's direction is a little to leisurely (if not laboured) at times.

o kadar kötü bir senaryosu var ki sanki lumet de, izlemeden önce "ne kadar kötü olabilir ki?" diye düşünen benim gibi filme girişmiş ve ancak bu kadar bir şey ortaya çıkmış. dönemin vasat suç filmlerine olan aşırı ilgim dahi bu filmde beni tutamadı. hoffman ve lumet buluşmasının böylesi bir iş çıkarması şaşırtıcı.

Viewed August 12, 2021. A charming, shamelessly sentimental caper. Sidney Lumet mostly avoids the histrionics that define his lesser films (like his other Connery-starring caper The Anderson Tapes) and manages to bring out some unexpected emotional resonance through his direction.

Loses something about halfway through, which is horribly disappointing with this cast.

Decent heist scene, but this movie drags into oblivion.

Not a lot of plot. And I care. Actors can't save a movie. They can give it some merit, but they can't make it anything good if it's bad in the first place. This movie's interesting sometimes but it usually drags. And Connery gets on my nerves here, something he's never done before.

Not a lot of plot, but with these three thesps and Lumet directing, who cares? Very nicely done film, again showing Lumet's wisdom in just getting great performances out of people

Worth seeing for three terrific performances by the charismatic leads, even though they're never quite believable as family -- and the story lets them down. Further undermined by one of the most appalling music scores of recent memory, composed by Cy Coleman.

46.500

Not a confusing film, but a confused plot trying to say that the crime is holding a family together and at the same time, that it is breaking it apart. How could one resist (to say it's not good)?

Not bad, albeit disappointing for Sidney Lumet. The writing is very able, and does make an effort to explore complexities, but there's something so tame about the premise that it would have required some really brilliant treatment to be saved. Comedy or no comedy, Connery and Hoffman (as actors, but their characters too) are a bit too amiable for this film, and I rather hated the corny music.

Decent albeit trite story idea, but really, really drawn out and poorly delivered.