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The Perfect Family is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 30 april 2011 with Kathleen Turner
The Perfect Family (2011)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 30 april 2011
Length 1h24
OriginUSA
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Same-sex marriage in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating55%
The Perfect Family is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Anne Renton and starring Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Michael McGrady, Shannon Cochran, Sharon Lawrence, Angelique Cabral, Richard Chamberlain, and Elizabeth Peña
It holds a 48% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews, and 5.3 rating on IMDb.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of a devoutly Catholic wife and mother Eileen (Kathleen Turner) who 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, especially her lesbian daughter Shannon who marries her girlfriend Angela.Actors
Kathleen Turner
(Eileen Cleary)
Emily Deschanel
(Shannon Cleary)
Jason Ritter
(Frank Cleary Jr.)
Richard Chamberlain
(Monsignor Murphy)
Michael McGrady
(Frank Cleary)
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