Our American Family

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Our American Family

2022

1h 28m

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Addiction is an all-encompassing force, in not only of the lives of the afflicted, but also those around them. OUR AMERICAN FAMILY provides an honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse. Captured at a pivotal "nothing to lose" moment, for over the course of a year, five family members tired of life with addiction on center stage, each struggle to transcend their crippling histories. What will it take to shift this entrenched, wrenching pattern in their lives? Will they be able to make significant shifts to help their next generation? The members of OUR AMERICAN FAMILY invite us into their lives to find hope and to explore what's possible. Though they often falter, their familial loyalty is powerful, demonstrating how through love and dedication people can rise out of the deepest depths. For a touching, eye-opening look into one of America's most pressing crises, look no further.

Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

09/09/2022

More than anything, “Our American Family” gets across how exhausting this kind of life can be, as loved ones waver over whether they should be hands-off in their relationships or if they should be intensely involved.

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

09/01/2022

Addiction is a complex, challenging topic, and “Our American Family,” in its sharp specificity, handles it with grace.

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

09/17/2022

3.5/5

Families. Addiction and drugs do not only affect the addict or user but the entire family. Every member is affected negatively in some way. In Our American Family, we get a clear picture of that.

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Valerie Kalfrin

AWFJ.org

09/12/2022

In gaining access to one Philadelphia-area family for roughly a year, directors Hallee Adelman and Sean King O’Grady show how addiction consumes not just one person’s life but their loved ones, too.

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Raquel Stecher

Quelle Movies

09/04/2022

Our American Family is a brutally honest documentary that gives viewers an inside look into how addiction affects families.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

09/01/2022

Heartbreaking, unflinching and inspirational. It's a poignant cautionary tale and powerful wake-up call. As Pablo Neruda's poem wisely states, "They can cut all of the flowers, but they can't stop the spring from coming."

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diane

@RT11306624 09/11/2022

This documentary got a glorious review on Rotten Tomatoes and I couldn't be more at odds with that. The fact is I've seen way more fascinating and absorbing tales of addiction on a series called "Intervention" and in other movies as well which I can't remember the names of. Of course the movies were fictional so I guess it's not fair to compare a documentary to them. But all in all I found this film pretty boring and sort of like being forced to sit around the table for several days with a species of motor-mouth mother who's obviously drowning in her own "issues" and is attempting to straighten out her kids. She just doesn't seem able to get to the point without dancing endlessly around it.

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Addiction is an all-encompassing force, in not only of the lives of the afflicted, but also those around them. OUR AMERICAN FAMILY provides an honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse. Captured at a pivotal "nothing to lose" moment, for over the course of a year, five family members tired of life with addiction on center stage, each struggle to transcend their crippling histories. What will it take to shift this entrenched, wrenching pattern in their lives? Will they be able to make significant shifts to help their next generation? The members of OUR AMERICAN FAMILY invite us into their lives to find hope and to explore what's possible. Though they often falter, their familial loyalty is powerful, demonstrating how through love and dedication people can rise out of the deepest depths. For a touching, eye-opening look into one of America's most pressing crises, look no further.

Director: Hallee Adelman, Sean King O'Grady
Producer: Hallee Adelman, Sean King O'Grady
Distributor: Giant Pictures
Production Co: Atlas Industries, World of HA Productions, The Intellectual Property Corporation
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 2, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 6, 2022
Runtime: 1h 28m