The Perfect Family (2011 film)

The Perfect Family is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Anne Renton[1] and starring Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Michael McGrady, Shannon Cochran, Sharon Lawrence, Angelique Cabral, Richard Chamberlain, and Elizabeth Peña

The Perfect Family
Directed byAnne Renton
Written byPaula Goldberg
Claire V. Riley
Produced byJennifer Dubin
Cora Olson
StarringKathleen Turner
Emily Deschanel
Jason Ritter
Michael McGrady
Richard Chamberlain
Elizabeth Peña
CinematographyAndre Lascaris
Edited byChristopher Kroll
Music byAndrew Kaiser
Production
companies
Present Pictures
Certainty Films
Distributed byVariance Films
Release dates
  • April 24, 2011 (2011-04-24) (Tribeca Film Festival)
  • May 4, 2012 (2012-05-04) (United States)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$107,721

Plot

The film tells the story of a devoutly Catholic wife and mother Eileen (Kathleen Turner) who has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the "perfect" family, refusing to accept them for who they are, especially her lesbian daughter Shannon who marries her girlfriend Angela.

At the award luncheon Eileen is only with her sister but in the end her whole family comes to support her.

Cast

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