No chemistry between the leads.

| Mar 28, 2025

Directed by Richard LaGravenese, every moment in A Family Affair sits there as lifelessly as Gerard Butler’s character in LaGravenese’s most successful movie, P.S. I Love You.

| Original Score: D- | Oct 25, 2024

Although it's playing with some offbeat elements, a lack of discernible interiority robs this bizarre rom-com oddity of maintaining our interests or attention.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2024

A mediocre romantic comedy with no depth nor substance, this one screams half-hearted and shallow.

| Aug 7, 2024

A Family Affair invites viewers into a lavish world and a fantastical romance that one can only dream of. Yet it’s funny, wildly entertaining, and all in good fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2024

Even Kathy Bates, as the down-to-earth mother of Kidman’s dead husband can’t save A Family Affair from terminal fakeness.

| Aug 2, 2024

The “affair” here, directed by Richard LaGravenese, is a plastic one, driven by hollow, entitled sorts with problems many would envy. Z

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 25, 2024

Kidman, King and Efron - it has to be good.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 23, 2024

The missing ingredient is the chemistry between the main couple. Not only is their relationship poorly written, but there is no reason to root for them. Joey King is the MVP here.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jul 22, 2024

A mostly forgettable bit of fluff that ludicrously goes on for an hour and fifty-four minutes, and which features one genuinely funny joke in all that time

| Jul 16, 2024

These fantastic actors are not served well by this movie. It's just a pile of unrealistic contrivances. I was bored quickly with it and I recommend skipping it.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jul 15, 2024

There has been lots of criticism about the plastic look of its leads, but it's the least of the movie's problems. The saggy & wrinkly script is the one in desperate need of a facelift.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 15, 2024

It makes no emotional sense whatsoever.

| Jul 13, 2024

It is what I would call "ludicrously bad."

| Jul 13, 2024

Kathy Bates, as Leila Ford, introduces a subplot that ultimately goes nowhere, contributing to the film's uneven pacing.

| Jul 13, 2024

The movie is what it is. It’s not going to blow your mind, change your perspective on life or inspire you to rewatch it. But in the moment? It’s fine.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 12, 2024

Cushy and predictable...contrived, but not clever enough to overcome the essential shallowness of the concept or the slackness of execution.

| Original Score: C | Jul 11, 2024

King is the film's highlight. She's a natural comedian, and she and Efron have more chemistry as boss and beleaguered employee than Efron and Kidman do as a couple.

| Jul 9, 2024

The actors give it their all, but it's a movie you've seen a million times before.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 9, 2024

Lazy, lifeless mush that finally answers, “What if a Hallmark Christmas movie tripped onto Netflix in late June?”

| Original Score: D+ | Jul 8, 2024