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Patrick Wilson, Chloe Sevigny, Judy Greer and Cybill Shepherd headline first-time writer/director Chris D'Arienzo's dark comedy concerning a die-hard womanizer who finds himself named as the defendant in a paternity suit after losing his testicles in a violent street attack. Adapted from author Frank Turner Hollan's novel of the same name, Barry Munday stars Wilson as the titular character -- a man known for having a special way with the ladies. One day after waking up in a hospital room to discover that the family jewels have suddenly gone missing Munday is shocked to find himself slapped with a paternity suit by a woman (Greer) he can't even remember sleeping with.
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Format:DVD
Family Jewels - previously called Barry Munday is the story of our titular feckless chap played by Patrick Wilson. After hitting on the wrong girl, Barry wakes up in hospital minus his walnuts, still reeling from the loss of his procreational equipment and subsequent drop in sex-drive he is slapped with a paternity lawsuit from Ginger (Judy Greer), a girl he cannot remember sleeping with. Facing the prospect of never being able to have children, Barry realises that this maybe his one and only chance to be a father. Barry sets about trying to change into a reputable and respectable adult much to the chagrin of Ginger's judgemental family. Hilarity ensues as he tries to prove he is worthy of being a father.
This is straight-from-the-mould feel-good comedy that thinks it has the edge by being about a rather sensitive subject (pun intended). What actually follows the initial set-up isn't half bad, all of the actors providing believable performance; whether it's the overbearing & overachieving father (Malcolm McDowell), the prodding boss (Bill Dee Williams), the neurotic mother (Cybill Shephard!!) or even the honey-trap younger sister (Chloë Sevigny) there is something for everyone. A classic tale of an underachiever turning his life around one bit at a time.
It's well filmed, the score is good and I am not afraid to say that I laughed out loud at a handful of the jokes. The Blu-Ray isn't the crispest ever (having been shot on film then up scaled), but this maybe due to the scenery rather than capacity of the medium. There are a bunch of extras, including the spoof public information video "Your Penis and You" which brought a tear to my eye! Anyhow, as follows:
* Audio Commentary with Director Chris D'Arienzo, Patrick Wilson, and Judy Greer: The director and stars sit down for a laugh-filled track that's far more entertaining than the film itself.
* Deleted Scenes Twelve of 'em with an optional commentary overlay.
* Outtakes: Can't Stop Laughing
* Gag Reel: The usual assortment of mess-ups.
* Your Penis and You
An entertaining film about love, life and sorting out what's really important to you. Worth a watch, but won't change your life.
This is straight-from-the-mould feel-good comedy that thinks it has the edge by being about a rather sensitive subject (pun intended). What actually follows the initial set-up isn't half bad, all of the actors providing believable performance; whether it's the overbearing & overachieving father (Malcolm McDowell), the prodding boss (Bill Dee Williams), the neurotic mother (Cybill Shephard!!) or even the honey-trap younger sister (Chloë Sevigny) there is something for everyone. A classic tale of an underachiever turning his life around one bit at a time.
It's well filmed, the score is good and I am not afraid to say that I laughed out loud at a handful of the jokes. The Blu-Ray isn't the crispest ever (having been shot on film then up scaled), but this maybe due to the scenery rather than capacity of the medium. There are a bunch of extras, including the spoof public information video "Your Penis and You" which brought a tear to my eye! Anyhow, as follows:
* Audio Commentary with Director Chris D'Arienzo, Patrick Wilson, and Judy Greer: The director and stars sit down for a laugh-filled track that's far more entertaining than the film itself.
* Deleted Scenes Twelve of 'em with an optional commentary overlay.
* Outtakes: Can't Stop Laughing
* Gag Reel: The usual assortment of mess-ups.
* Your Penis and You
An entertaining film about love, life and sorting out what's really important to you. Worth a watch, but won't change your life.
Format:DVD
While not hilarious, Family Jewels is an interesting and mildly funny almost believable story about how a random chain of events can sometimes lead you to who you are meant to be and who you are meant to be with.
Barry Munday, our protagonist, is something of an immature and dreary character in his mid-thirties who is in his metaphorical cave. Barry has no goals, no plans for his life and his only interest is sex. Unfortunately he wakes up in hospital sans both his testicles due to an attack during one of his casual sexual encounters. Castrated, Barry suddenly finds his life has lost direction and although he had no plans of ever getting married or having kids, suddenly the realisation that he will never have either drives him to a state of depression.
By some odd stroke of luck, Barry is contacted by the lawyer of a random one night stand from months before his 'accident' - a one night stand he can't even remember. Ginger, a geeky four-eyed mouthy woman claims that he is the father of her unborn child and would like him to take some kind of responsibility for his actions.
With the epiphony that destiny has somehow given him the miracle to become the father he would never otherwise be, Barry decides to take control of his life, finally force himself to grow up and tries to connect with the livid and reluctant mother of his child, leading to some laughable consequences.
Four out of five on this. Would have been three but I admire that the cast were all realistic looking. Judy Greer and Patrick Wilson have both been toned down significantly to look like 'real' people here and it makes the story much more believable. There was something missing from the story - conflict perhaps. Still worth a look in but it's not the kind of film you could watch over and over.
Barry Munday, our protagonist, is something of an immature and dreary character in his mid-thirties who is in his metaphorical cave. Barry has no goals, no plans for his life and his only interest is sex. Unfortunately he wakes up in hospital sans both his testicles due to an attack during one of his casual sexual encounters. Castrated, Barry suddenly finds his life has lost direction and although he had no plans of ever getting married or having kids, suddenly the realisation that he will never have either drives him to a state of depression.
By some odd stroke of luck, Barry is contacted by the lawyer of a random one night stand from months before his 'accident' - a one night stand he can't even remember. Ginger, a geeky four-eyed mouthy woman claims that he is the father of her unborn child and would like him to take some kind of responsibility for his actions.
With the epiphony that destiny has somehow given him the miracle to become the father he would never otherwise be, Barry decides to take control of his life, finally force himself to grow up and tries to connect with the livid and reluctant mother of his child, leading to some laughable consequences.
Four out of five on this. Would have been three but I admire that the cast were all realistic looking. Judy Greer and Patrick Wilson have both been toned down significantly to look like 'real' people here and it makes the story much more believable. There was something missing from the story - conflict perhaps. Still worth a look in but it's not the kind of film you could watch over and over.
Format:DVD
I saw this film at the Edinburgh film festival and everyone was laughing all the way through. Yes, the laughs come if you find social clangers funny, because there are a lot of them!
I wanted to see this film again, straight after being at the premier, and now that I've found out that it has been re-named, I am delighted to be able to order myself a copy, which I will be watching over and over.
I wanted to see this film again, straight after being at the premier, and now that I've found out that it has been re-named, I am delighted to be able to order myself a copy, which I will be watching over and over.
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