The Perfect Family is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Anne Renton and starring Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Michael McGrady, Shannon Cochran, Sharon Lawrence, Angelique Cabral, Richard Chamberlain, and Elizabeth Peña.
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Plot
Eileen is a devout Catholic and the current front runner for her parish's "Catholic Woman of the Year" award. To win the award and beat her rival, she must prove that she has the perfect Catholic family. However, her recovering alcoholic husband, her lesbian daughter who is having a child with her partner Angela, and her son who has left his wife and kids for an older woman stand in the way of Eileen getting her award. She eventually learns to accept her family for who they are. At the award luncheon Eileen is only with her sister, but in the end her whole family comes to support her.
Cast
Kathleen Turner as Eileen Cleary
Emily Deschanel as Shannon Cleary
Jason Ritter as Frank Cleary Jr.
Michael McGrady as Frank Cleary
Shannon Cochran as Mary Donovan
Sharon Lawrence as Agnes Dunn
Angelique Cabral as Angela Rayes
Richard Chamberlain as Monsignor Murphy
Elizabeth Peña as Christina Reyes
Gregory Zaragoza as Louis Reyes
Kristen Dalton as Theresa Henessy
Laura Cerón as Carmelita
Scott Michael Campbell as Father Joe MacDonald
Hansford Rowe as Archbishop Donnelly of Dublin
Reception
The film has a 52% critics' rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Both Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter and Ronnie Scheib of Variety critiqued the film's tone but praised the performances, especially Turner's.