Wednesday Movie Night: The Family (2013)

The family is from Luc Besson who has done some critically well received stuff, especially with the mafia. It would be the assumption that The Family might live up to critical expectation, but upon it's relief the reaction was pretty mixed. The cast is great, but the way the movie is shot takes away from the vibe that many mafia classics have had. It's a bit light, and the music a bit too action comedy. The story works though, and it creates some memorable characters otherwise.

Summary: Giovanni Manzoni and his family are living in the witness protection program after Giovanni ratted on the people he worked for to the police. Now Giovanni is living undercover as Fred with his wife Maggie, Belle, and Warren. We never learn the real names of the rest of his family. Now they are living in Normandy, France, and trying to fit in with the locals. The inability to not get into trouble though is causing Robert Stansfield, the guy who is the head of protecting them a huge headache. Now they've drawn attention to themselves, and they are being hunted.