Robert de Niro and Michelle Pfeifer play a family with 2 kids hiding in France for the mafia who wants to kill them. Will the mob find them or not? Malavita (The Family) is a lovely throwaway gangster comedy with a french twist. A light comedy mixed with some rough violence. But the violence is never really scary because of the humor surrounding the various torture scenes. The 2 kids are to thank for several hilarious scenes in which they copy their parents violent behaviour. De Niro and Pfeifer have some good scenes as well containing very cartoonlike heavy violence.Especially sweet are the many links to older De Niro movies. Some of the original Goodfellas supporting actors even play various roles in this movie. All in all this is just a nice parody on gangster movies, not a superb comedy, not a superb gangster movie, but even when I watched it the second time I could still enjoy myself. It's the sort of movie that comes by on tv, you've already seen it, but you will watch it again just because it is nice entertainment with great talents. I rate it a decent 7, because the jokes are so extraordinary violent and funny at the same time. An unusual mix, but director Luc Besson pulls it off. But watch "Goodfellas" instead of this if you havent seen that classic yet !

Greetings from Lithuania."The Family" (2013) is a fun, involving and just a very entertaining action / comedy / crime film. It kinda does not take it self to seriously, and it works. I liked performances in here, especially by Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. Pacing of this movie was very good - at running time 1 h 45 min this movie never dragged. There are some references to famous "gangster" movies along the way.Overall, "The Family" is a fun and entertaining movie package. You don't need to take it to seriously as its comedy on its core, and while its not the most original, it as a good movie.

As usual little D is trying to act tough and he still just can't cut it. He just is not convincing as a big bad mobster. The only person he could really punch in the face is a girl. what a woos. Actually his acting is getting worse as he gets older. That's because of his conceit he thinks he is great. He has no ability to act a different character. He is always the same dawdy jerk.

The Family is a mediocre movie with an averagely written storyline and a mostly terrific cast. The performances are what really hold it together, keeping it modestly entertaining, Robert De Niro plays a really intriguing character who had a great droll personality, Michelle Pfeiffer shines as his wife and his scenes with Tommy Lee Jones are my favourite, seeing the two of them acting together was a pleasure. I did not enjoy the teenagers storyline, it was very typical teen comedy, as we see a relationship develop between De Niro's daughter and her math teacher, it was poor and easily could have been done just as effectively in twenty minutes on a television series. As for the main plot, though there were certain scenes I really liked, such as the Top 10 and the interview, it lacks originality, there is nothing here we have not seen before, and it feels as if they are aware of that, it makes no attempts to be different or to stand out in any way, which every movie should. It has its moments, but The Family misses more times than it hits, and I would say it is better off avoided. The heads of a Mafia family move to France under a Witness Protection Program. Best Performance: Robert De NiroWorst Performance: Dianna Agron