Generally speaking, this is not a bad movie. But it is not great either. It is somewhere in the middle, but the story - or better to say the point of the story makes it a bit more appealing and interesting ( complex family relations which most of us can relate to). If there were not some things that I found very 'lame' in the movie, I guess the rating would be higher.First, I found it very silly and totally not understandable why he did not tell his sister earlier who he was? The feeling I had that she was kinda falling for him made me feel uncomfortable. Incest was in the air ...Also, OK, I know it is a movie - though based on true events - but I don't think anyone would choose to help a kid in school when his mother is on the way ( and plus nothing of a big deal happened) to help him when on the other hand you have several people hanging above your head with : You will go to prison messages.The reason for his girlfriend's leaving was lame. They should have come up with something more serious and believable...Michelle Pffeiffer was kinda unrecognizable to me! Botox - too much of it? Or maybe I just did not see her in any of recent films.six from me.

I disagree with most of the other reviews. I think it is bizarre that someone would leave a large amount money in the manner that it was. It seems to be a bad idea for many reasons, and the entire story depends on that. The whole situation about what he did with/about the money made me uncomfortable throughout the movie.The secrets in the movie did not make the movie exciting or interesting for me.The grandson, Josh, has behavior problems yet his mother (the sister) is a great mother. That is another inconsistency that bothered me.I sure do not understand the end. The ending is supposed to make it all okay but I do not understand it.

I had this movies for long time in my watchlist, thinking is it worth almost 2 hours of my life, and today i had couple hours to spare and i decided to give it a go.Well... time flied and the movie ended and i felt captured, this one really dragged me in it and for this i will not mourn those two hours i spent watching this.The script, story, development were great, it developed slowly but beautifully, the dialog was good, the performance by the cast was exceptional.But the plot was a little bit thin, and it was predictable (very) in the last 15 minutes, so this why one star is missing here.But overall i'm glad it didn't turn into a rom-com because it would have plain stupid.

One sweet and romantic view in the foundation of family's relations, "People Like Us" does a great job in showing just how important being a united family is...Using a great cast and script this movie is a promising story that will touch your heart and will make you change your mind about the way you see and understand family.Chris Pine is in great shape as regards his acting skills but Elizabeth Banks is the one who stands out and steals all the applause...Michelle Pheiffer is -as always- great in catching her role as the "one who made the choice" and regarding the directory that is average and sometimes fails to follow the great acting or soundtrack.Anticipating for more movies like this one i would say that "People Like Us" will be hard reach by anyone as it does a great job in combining drama and comedy all in a wonderful moving way...