Family Weekend - A Handbook for Friendly Families

"Family Weekend" - a movie that was released in 2013. American director Benjamin Epps created a dramatic comedy, doomed to success in the western and Russian viewers.

Starring: Matthew Modine, Christine Chenoweth, Olesya Rulin, Chloe Bridges, Shirley Jones, Joey King and others.

"Family weekend." Plot

The plot tells the viewer about the house, in which there is no talk of harmony and mutual understanding. A married couple who is absolutely incapable of finding the time to raise their own children. Emily's mother is a hopeless careerist who thinks only of how to make a fortune and realize herself. Unlike his wife, his father is a complete romanticist and idealist, an artist who hangs in the clouds and does not even think about going down to earth and encountering unpleasant and sometimes harsh realities. Differences in temperaments, however, did not prevent these two from creating a pretty cozy family nest and even getting children. Husband and wife lived together for many years, hardly noticing the presence of each other, ignoring the interests, hobbies and values that the rest of the family members profess . Nevertheless, the idyll remained only as long as the children did not grow up. Beloved and abandoned to the mercy of fate, the children were forced to "survive" on their own, their self-education and personal formation did not happen under parental supervision.

main character

Despite everything, Emily in her 16 years seems to the viewer a fairly positive and educated girl. She has time in school, is fond of sports, well behaved, is a sample of "an exemplary girl." A turning and decisive moment in the fate of not only Emily, but her entire family happens when the girl takes part in responsible competitions - jumping rope. The athlete needs the fans very much, but none of her family members comes to support. At first, Emily feels empty and abandoned, but then a feeling of rage and indignation seizes her. The girl felt real fatigue from the fact that for so many years she and her brothers and sisters had grown up in an atmosphere of parental egoism, not receiving simple children's joys, warmth, love and affection.

The culmination of history, or Crazy weekend

She takes an irrevocable decision to radically change her home life and organizes a conspiracy with the rest of the kiddies. They decide to arrange an ancestral family weekend with trials. They do not just take their parents hostage, but also conduct educational activities that should drive the negligent mother and father, forcing them to think about the family.

And everything would certainly have worked out well, had it not been for the act of the older brother of Jackson, who posted on the Internet a home video, the frames of which are in detail demonstrated by the events of this family drama. For all participants of the "Weekend" this turns into certain complications and creates problems, which will require the emergence of a renewed, close-knit family.

A comedy is recommended for viewing to all lovers of thrill and drive. "Family weekend" in Russian, English, French or any other language of the world not only amazes with the richness of emotions and bright characters of the characters, but also leaves a pleasant movie aftertaste.