Click to read the article
Comment
05/02/03
It Runs in the Family (2003)
28
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:96
Fresh:27
Rotten:69
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: Despite its gimmick casting, the movie ultimately goes nowhere.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Some families can survive everything. Even each other. The Grombergs are a highly successful family – except when it comes to communicating with each other. Alex Gromberg (Michael Douglas) is... [More]
Starring: Michael Douglas, Rory Culkin, Diana Douglas, Bernadette Peters
Director: Fred Schepisi
Reviews for It Runs in the Family
Click to read the article
05/02/03
A funny, articulate, imperfect, sometimes messy, often infuriatingly sentimental, but always caring and spirited movie.
05/01/03
There are enough genuine moments amidst its TV movie trappings.
05/01/03
One might rightly ask what runs in this family; based on the evidence here, it's nepotism. This is not a horrible film, but it's remarkably unexciting and formulaic.
04/30/03
The Douglas clan's answer to the Fondas' On Golden Pond might easily have been called On Golden Turkey.
04/30/03
They must have made an intimidating pair because all during production no one had the courage to tell them that It Runs in the Family stinks.
04/29/03
Goes easy on the schmaltz, and the catastrophes have the puncturing feel of real life.
04/29/03
Maybe the Douglases decided to work out their issues on screen -- who knows?
04/28/03
Five years from now this will be remembered as the most expensive home movie ever made by a family. The DVD will look great on the Douglas family shelf - but God knows it won't be on anybody else's.
04/28/03
A lot of things, we see coming about three scenes in advance ... But, the three generations of Douglas' in particular, that's why I'm recommending this film.
04/28/03
What makes the movie interesting is mainly its gimmick.
04/28/03
That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy the film’s overall message – It’s just this film is better suited as a Lifetime TV movie.
04/28/03
It’s too bad that the talented Douglases had to make this syrupy saga an artistic family affair to remember—or in this case one to quickly forget.
04/27/03
Bland doesn't even scratch the surface of this mess that makes schmaltz look like Strindberg by comparison.
04/27/03
Offers vignettes of personal challenges, tragedy and triumph that viewers can easily identify with and understand.
04/27/03
Click to read the article
04/27/03
Has a handful of understated moments of truth, but most of it is hokey, unoriginal, and amazingly smug.
04/26/03
Absorbing despite the absence of what moviegoers consider to be dramatic events.
04/26/03
It is a relief to report that the Douglas clan acquits itself with charm and dignity. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Jesse Wigutow's pedestrian script, which is formula stuff -- contrived and uneven.
04/26/03
Latest News for It Runs in the Family
April 20, 2006:
Critical Consensus: A Weak "Sentinel," So-So "Dreamz" Are Made Of This, "Silent Hill" Not Screened
This week at the movies we've got a Secret Service agent on a mission ("The Sentinel"), an "American Idol"- skewering political satire ("American... More...
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
Fresh Links
Featured
RT on YouTube 
Subscribe to RT's YouTube channel and don't miss a second of our cracking video content.
RT on Twitter
Follow Rotten Tomatoes and join us as we tweet about the week's releases.
IGN RSS Feeds