The Perfect Family

2011
PG-13
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

1.6K

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Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Michael McGrady, Jason Ritter, and Angelique Cabral in The Perfect Family (2011)

A devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of her church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the perfect family, refusing to accept them for who they are.

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A devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the perfect family, refusing to accept them for who the... Read allA devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the perfect family, refusing to accept them for who they are.A devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the perfect family, refusing to accept them for who they are.

Director
- Anne Renton
Writers
- Paula Goldberg
- Claire V. Riley
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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Anne Renton
Writers
- Paula Goldberg
- Claire V. Riley
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
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Goofs
At 13 minutes, when Eileen tells her husband that she is nominated, she places two letters in a box on a table in the house. At the next shot, when she walks to the camera into the living room, you see in the background that the two letters lie differently in the box.

Quotes
Eileen Cleary: I don't have to think! I'm Catholic!

Soundtracks
Gravity
Written by Simon Perry, and Dave Thomas Junior
Performed by Dave Thomas Junior

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Featured review

6/10

not anti-Catholic in the least

Eileen Cleary (Kathleen Turner) is desperate to be the best Catholic in the neighborhood. So it's great news when she's nominated for Catholic Woman of the year. Except her family is a mess of inappropriateness and she needs to be better than all the rest for the award. Her lesbian daughter Shannon (Emily Deschanel) is pregnant. Her son Frank Cleary Jr. (Jason Ritter) left his wife and kids for the beautician next door. Her husband Frank Cleary (Michael McGrady) can't stand her.

This is not anti-Catholic in my opinion. It is much more anti-competition to see who's the best Catholic. It's the competition that's ugly. The central theme is acceptance. After all, she wins the award even when all is revealed. Kathleen Turner's character is too harsh and unlikeable. It's hard to watch sometimes. However, it was nice to watch her character grow.