The Price of Family

2022 [ITALIAN]

Comedy

1
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 2167 2.2K

Plot summary

Heartbroken that their children no longer want to spend time with them, two parents fake an inheritance to bring the family together for Christmas.

Director

Giovanni Bognetti Photo
Giovanni Bognetti

Top cast

Stefano Skalkotos Photo
Stefano Skalkotos as Direttore della banca
Iaia Forte Photo
Iaia Forte as Loredana
Fioretta Mari Photo
Fioretta Mari as Giuliana
Francesco Marioni Photo
Francesco Marioni as Rocco
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819.29 MB
1280*690
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 1
1.64 GB
1920*1036
Italian 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by plupu66 2 / 10

one of the most idiotic films I saw in a long time

I watched this on Netflix and, I have to say, the quality of Netflix films is getting worse and worse.Initially the idea seems passable: a couple wishes to have their grown up kids home for Christmas. The kids are selfish and don't care about their parents anymore.It is an Ok premise for a comedy.Well, not only the plot had zero credible moments, but there is no humour in this comedy whatsoever. I have not laughed at all; let me rephrase that: I have not even smiled once. Cringe is the word that matches this film. The ending is the most ridiculous possible.It insults one's intelligence.2 hours of my life I will never get back.
Reviewed by ksf-2 6 / 10

christmas, at all cost, aka the price of family

From It-lee! Directed by giovanni bognetti. When the two children (alessandra and emilio) move out, the parents (carlo and amelia) have empty nest syndrome. They are missing the children, who never call and seem to have forgotten the parentals. But we see that the parents are equally at fault. The running gag where emilio keeps getting accidentally beat up gets old. When a relative tells the kids the parents have come into money, they show up at the parents' house. To make it all look real, the parentals buy fancy clothes and rent fancy cars. And pretend to give huge donations to silly organizations. Which the kids resent, of course. When the parents finally decide to tell the kids there is no big inheritance, they even lie about that. It's pretty good! The ending is a bit over the top, but it is a family farce. I fear that some of the humor was lost in translation. The translation in subtitles into english was actually very well done. The opening credits say this is based on the french film "mes tres chers enfants", by alexandra leclere. That film is called "the price of parenting" in some countries. It's good, lightweight stuff. Nothing too serious.
Reviewed by qui_j 3 / 10

A very childish script

This movie from Italy comes with a very childish script. The premise based on "empty nesters" trying to get their adult children to remain involved in their lives. They concoct a story to do this but it spirals out of control. The pace is slow, and the plot a bit thin on the ground. After a while, the movie seems to go nowhere and interest is lost. The acting seems forced and it perhaps is more geared to a local target audience in its country or origin rather than aiming for global appeal. The humor does not translate well. Discontinued watching half way through the film as it really did not hold interest.
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