In the Family

Synopsis: In the town of Martin, Tennessee, Chip Hines, a precocious six year old, has only known life with his two dads, Cody and Joey. And a good life it is. When Cody dies suddenly in a car accident, Joey and Chip struggle to find their footing again. Just as they begin to, Cody's will reveals that he named his sister as Chip's guardian. The years of Joey's acceptance into the family unravel as Chip is taken away from him. In his now solitary home life, Joey searches for a solution. The law is not on his side, but friends are. Armed with their comfort and inspired by memories of Cody, Joey finds a path to peace with the family and becomes closer to his son.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Patrick Wang
Production: In The Family LLC
  5 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
169 min
Website
72 Views


Whoa! Daddy, this is awesome,

the way you made Fafnir...

You can tell it's him.

You can see how he didn't

used to be a dragon here,

and how he's turning into a dragon.

Like this part of him.

And he has a big arm just like in the story, Daddy.

And he has his... his what?

His what?

You know his helmet thing again.

What do you call his helmet thing again?

Uh, wasn't it the helmet...

Helmet of Terror or something like that?

No, the funny word.

Oh, the funny word, huh?

Pa, what was it?

A Egishjlmr.

Well there you go.

A Egishjlmr...

And this thing, what's this thing?

This thing?

Yeah.

What's this thing?

Yes. Tell me.

You want me to tell you what this thing is?

Yes, tell him what it is.

You already forget the best part of the story?

What happened to his heart...

Oh yeah oh yeah, when

he's lying on the ground like in the ditch,

and then, boom! Right through his heart!

It's his heart, okay, it's his heart.

Something like that.

Boom! You did good with Fafnir,

Daddy. You did good.

You did good, Daddy.

Uh, why do we know so much about dragons?

But he can't do anything.

Chip.

Well, he can't. Mr. Murrow is fat. Really.

He's fat and he talks really slow.

What? He needs another job.

Even Mrs. Adams would be a better P.E. teacher.

Now, Chip, come on.

What? She said so.

Wait a minute. Mrs. Adams said that?

Yeah. She used to play volleyball, she said.

So she can teach us something.

She says Mr. Murrow just teaches kids

to get fat and he's doing a good job.

Chip. Mrs. Adams really said that?

Yeah.

At the store.

Yes, at the store, but Mrs. Adams said it.

Mrs. Adams really said that

Mr. Murrow's teaching the kids to be fat?

No. She used the other word. It means fat too.

Overweight?

No.

Obese?

Yeah. She said, ''He's teaching them

to be obese and he's doing a good job...

at it, John.'' I don't know who John is,

but Mrs. Adams said it.

Well, I don't want you going around repeating

what Mrs. Adams didn't mean for you to hear.

Okay, okay.

Why don't you give us reports

about Mr. Murrow every day?

Maybe we're forgetting some

of the good things he does.

He can't do anything.

I think I remember a couple of good days in there.

Some good kickball days, tee ball days.

He can't do anything days.

Well, if hes really all that bad,

we'll do something about it.

We've got connections to a

very powerful member of the PTA.

You mean that guy?

That guy right there.

He doesn't look very powerful.

Oh but my hearing is powerful.

You got it, Mr. PTA?

On it.

I'm driving today!

Better check out the first grade today.

Oh. Don't get too obese now.

Come on. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon.

Morning Betsy.

Good morning, Mr. Joey.

Yeah, Ed!

Yeah, I got his message, but I went ahead

and told Rick to come in anyway.

Yeah. I figure it'll give you an extra man

and a little less traffic today, yeah?

So forgive me for last week?

No, today it's just the great room architecturals.

You got it.

Betsy, have you seen...

He's right behind you Miss.

Morning Marge.

Oh, Joey.

Everything okay?

Im not so sure about these.

Okay. Now these are the shutters.

Do you have the other page?

There we go. Yeah, it probably makes sense

to look at these two at the same time.

Okay. Well, this morning

I woke up and I was in a panic.

This looks nothing like last week.

These aren't new, are they?

No, these are from last week.

Am I crazy? Im not crazy.

Joey, there's something wrong.

Well, it's not a problem.

We've still got a little time before they do all the cutting.

So we'll make sure they

cut you something you like, okay?

Joey. This is Sharon. The glazier.

Right. Sharon, good to meet you.

Now you only got till noon today, right?

That's right.

Great. Marge, if you don't mind,

Im gonna get Sharon...

I didn't know Ed was here.

Yeah, we're letting them

play out in the sun today.

So, Marge, if you'll excuse me for about 15 minutes,

Im going to get Sharon started here and...

Oh! But you know what?

What would be really helpful is if you could look at these,

which we know you don't like. And you've got that book.

Hold on a sec. Sorry Sharon, I'll be right back.

Im sorry Sharon, what is it you do?

Im the glass cutter, ma'am.

Oh. You cut glass.

Yes, ma'am.

So you've got this book that

should be good for some ideas.

So, look through the book and write down

any page numbers that look interesting.

That you like better than the drawings,

then we'll take it from there.

Sound good?

Okay, but what about Sam?

Don't worry, we're not about to do

anything without Sam knowing.

This is just to get us started, see if we can

figure out what exactly isn't working for you.

Then we'll get Sam in here to help us along.

Alright?

Alright.

Great. Thanks Marge.

Uh, so Sharon, let's go this way.

Now you know Bob from

that Leighton House job, right?

Yeah. That was great.

Brent, would you put up our next problem,

please? Julie, you're on deck.

Class, we see a problem like this,

and our job is to...

Simplify.

Very good. Thank you, Brent.

Julie, would you draw an arrow

to where we should start to simplify.

Dennis, you're on deck.

Great. So, it looks like Julie

started inside the absolute values.

Inside the absolute values

there are how many operations? Tim?

Two operations.

Very good. Two operations.

And Julie started with which operation? Erin?

Multiplication.

Multiplication.

So Julie started inside the absolute values

where there are two operations,

and she started with the multiplication operation.

Class, do we agree?

Great. Thank you.

Dennis, would you use Julie's work to show me

how we can simplify yet again?

Cet, you're on deck.

Hey. Aren't you forgetting something?

About today?

Blake. Get in here. We forgot about Jamie's...

Oh yeah, oh yeah!

Hey, Uncle Cody.

Hey, Blake.

Alright. Go.

Pa, can we get this one?

Jamie!

Happy Birthday!

Hey there. Double duty today, huh?

Yeah, Dave and Eileen'll be

by later to pick up Blake.

Carol! Come on in, come in.

Jamie, look who's here.

But, is Joey coming?

Yeah, he should be here in a bit.

Hold on, hold on...

Scratch that. No, he's not going to make it.

Come on now, Joey, you are not

leaving me alone with all these kids now.

Chip, where are you? Come here.

Daddy's stuck at work again.

Stuck with the Hawk Lady.

Yeah, stuck with the Hawk Lady.

Want to go by there after this?

Yeah. And we'll bring him some cake.

Alright, Ill let him know.

No, not about the cake. It'll be a surprise.

Alright.

That one.

Which one? That one?

Yeah.

Okay. Can you read the name on it?

Paiste. Paiste.

That's pretty good.

And that one too.

Okay that one too.

You want to print them both out or just the one?

Both.

Okay.

And can we find the stories?

No, let's do that tomorrow.

Its getting late. Yes, it's getting late.

We've got all week to find the stories.

Yessir. Sounds like you're getting tired.

No? So it's not time for bed?

I believe it's time for bed.

Time for bed, Chipmunk.

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Patrick Wang

Patrick Wang is an American writer, economist, director and actor whose first directed feature film In the Family earned a number of awards and strong reviews. more…

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