Derecho de familia 2006

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Family Law, from Argentina, is a very articulate comedy about fatherhood and marriage. Read more

Reece Pendleton, Chicago Reader: Admirably low-key, yet [director Daniel] Burman's relaxed approach becomes a liability -- everything goes down smoothly but leaves one hungry for something more substantial. Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: Family Law offers a sweet, understated perspective on the psychological dance of wariness, hope and acceptance that occurs between many a father and son. Read more

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: A subtly perceptive charmer that was Argentina's entry for a best foreign film Oscar and might have been nominated in a less competitive year. Read more

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: [Director] Burman's decision to fill nearly every second of the film with Hendler's voice -- either in dialogue or in narration -- constrains Family Law to the point of view of an indecisive navel-gazer. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: A deceptively small film, one whose observations may continue to detonate quietly in your mind after the lights have come up. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Family Law is well acted, but if Antoine Doinel had been nearly this serene, Truffaut's career would have petered out after three films. Read more

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com: The lessons of this slight human comedy are not groundbreaking, but they do strike a warmly universal chord. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Like Woody Allen, [director Daniel] Burman is a Jewish worrier who covers all present and future bases. He's the most indispensable worrier we have. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: Low-key without being ho-hum, sexy in a brainy-but-humble way, Hendler is a how-to study in the charismatic power of unembellished screen acting. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: [Director Daniel] Burman tends to focus very tightly on the details of individual identity - religion, nationality, gender. It is all the more striking, then, that his restrained and unassuming films are wise enough to speak to every adult. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: An alternately charming and frustrating comic entertainment from Argentine writer-director Daniel Burman. Read more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Read more

Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: A pleasant, crisply paced look at a wary character. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: With its slack plotting, the film itself feels as aimless as its main character. Read more

Jonathan Holland, Variety: A deft, witty and emotionally rewarding study of a thirtysomething man in his roles as father and son. Read more

Ella Taylor, Village Voice: [Director Daniel] Burman's beguiling tribute to his Jewish father -- or, for all I know, the one he wishes he had -- is warm and deep enough to give humanism a good name. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: This observant little movie does delicately touch on those unspoken assumptions that animate so many filial relationships. And the wry, soft-spoken tone is a welcome one amid the dysfunctional burlesques Hollywood routinely extrudes. Read more