
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness
Seen it?1994 | 170 min | Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone who likes watching someone settle a score and people who love a good family story. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. If you loved Into the Wild or The Great Escape, start here. Anyone with siblings or parents will recognize something here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- A big, patient story, at 2 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 50 min.
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
After a very messy divorce, a man starts suspecting his ex-wife and her new boyfriend of various crimes.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 9K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Jeff Bleckner
- Kelly McGillisSusie Lynch
- Harry HamlinFritz Klenner
- Keith CarradineTom Lynch
- Holland TaylorFlorence Newsom
- Jayne BrookKathy
- Ken JenkinsBob Newsom
- Elizabeth WilsonAnnie Klenner
- Tom AldredgeDr. Frederick Klenner
- Marian SeldesJustice Susie Sharp
- Nick SearcyBrian Butler