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'''''The Family Plan''''' is a 2023 American [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Simon Cellan Jones]] and written by David Coggeshall. Produced by [[Apple Studios]] and [[Skydance Media]] and [[Mark Wahlberg]]'s Municipal Pictures, it stars Wahlberg, [[Michelle Monaghan]], [[Zoe Colletti]], Van Crosby, [[Saïd Taghmaoui]], [[Maggie Q]], and [[Ciarán Hinds]].
'''''The Family Plan''''' is a 2023 American [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Simon Cellan Jones]] and written by David Coggeshall. Produced by [[Apple Studios]] and [[Skydance Media]] and [[Mark Wahlberg]]'s Municipal Pictures, it stars Wahlberg, [[Michelle Monaghan]], [[Zoe Colletti]], Van Crosby, [[Saïd Taghmaoui]], [[Maggie Q]], and [[Ciarán Hinds]].


Production began in late 2022. The film was released by [[Apple TV+]] on December 15, 2023.
Production began in late 2022. The film was released by [[Apple TV+]] on December 15, 2023. You can watch it on Apple tv+,Amazon fire stick and Bee tv.


== Premise ==
== Premise ==

Revision as of 17:14, 17 December 2023

The Family Plan
Release poster
Directed bySimon Cellan Jones
Written byDavid Coggeshall
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Burgess
Edited byTim Porter
Music byKevin Matley
Production
companies
Distributed byApple TV+
Release date
  • December 15, 2023 (2023-12-15)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Family Plan is a 2023 American action comedy film directed by Simon Cellan Jones and written by David Coggeshall. Produced by Apple Studios and Skydance Media and Mark Wahlberg's Municipal Pictures, it stars Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Zoe Colletti, Van Crosby, Saïd Taghmaoui, Maggie Q, and Ciarán Hinds.

Production began in late 2022. The film was released by Apple TV+ on December 15, 2023. You can watch it on Apple tv+,Amazon fire stick and Bee tv.

Premise

Dan Morgan is a seemingly normal family man, but was once the deadliest assassin in the world. When his past finally catches up with him, Dan takes his family on a "road trip" to Las Vegas so he can confront the man who wants him dead—all while trying to keep his old life a secret from his wife and children.[2]

Cast

Production

In August 2022, Apple Studios announced an action comedy film from Skydance Media and Municipal Pictures to star Mark Wahlberg.[3] In October 2022, Michelle Monaghan and Saïd Taghmaoui joined the cast.[4][5] Other cast members added were Ciarán Hinds, Maggie Q, Zoe Colletti, Van Crosby and Miles Doleac.[2][6]

Principal photography commenced in October 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia,[7] under the working title Holiday Road.[8] A car dealership in Canton, Georgia was used as a location for the film.[9] A helicopter was used to film aerial footage in downtown Buffalo, New York in early November.[10] An ice cream shop in Clermont, Georgia was transformed into Lambert's Diner for the film.[11] In February 2023, Wahlberg filmed scenes at The Strat casino resort in Las Vegas and also wrapped filming.[12][13]

Release

The film was released on Apple TV+ on December 15, 2023.[14]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 20% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 41 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[16]

Guy Lodge of Variety gave a negative review, calling the film a "strangely sluggish shoot-'em-up". He criticized Coggeshall's script, writing that it "repeatedly underlines the mismatch between the wholesome white-bread family at its center and the hard-boiled genre proceedings in which it increasingly embroils them, but with no accompanying sense of giddy absurdism".[17] Calum Marsh writing for The New York Times gave a positive review; he praised director Jones saying that he "maintains a good handle on the comic-thriller tone and shoots the action with wit and creativity" and wrote that, "Wahlberg is more charismatic than he's been onscreen in nearly a decade".[18]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Stretching its high concept but thin results to the breaking point, The Family Plan feels like a movie whose best moments were during the pitch meeting" and that "to say it's predictable is an insult to predictability".[19] The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw said: "The script works efficiently and everyone involved sells it hard; there are continuous closeup cutaways to that cute and gurgling baby who never cries no matter what happens. But the sheer robotic sheen of the film in the end works against it; Dan's teen son happens to be a super-talented gamer and in fact the whole movie has a Grand Theft Auto aesthetic".[20]

References

  1. ^ "The Family Plan (12)". British Board of Film Classification. December 4, 2023. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (November 18, 2022). "Maggie Q, Zoe Colletti, Van Crosby And Ciaran Hinds Join Apple And Skydance's The Family Plan Starring Mark Wahlberg". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Kroll, Justin (August 16, 2022). "Mark Wahlberg To Star In 'The Family Plan' For Apple Original Films And Skydance". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Kroll, Justin (October 19, 2022). "Michelle Monaghan Joins Mark Wahlberg In Apple And Skydance's 'The Family Plan'". Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Grobar, Matt (October 31, 2022). "Saïd Taghmaoui Joins Apple & Skydance's 'The Family Plan'; Prime Video's 'The Idea Of You' Adds Mathilda Gianopoulos". Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  6. ^ Christopherson, David (December 9, 2022). "AHS Alum Miles Doleac Joins Mark Wahlberg in Holiday Road". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  7. ^ Goddard, Molly Claire (October 19, 2022). "On The Go? Mark Wahlberg Lands In Georgia After Ditching Hollywood For New Life In Nevada". OK Magazine. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  8. ^ Ho, Rodney (November 15, 2022). "What's filming in Georgia in November 2022?". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Family Plan". Explore Canton, GA. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  10. ^ Clement, Imani (November 8, 2022). "Helicopter flying over Buffalo being used to film scenes for new movie". WKBW-TV. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  11. ^ Anderson, Ben (December 16, 2022). "Mark Wahlberg stops by Clermont creamery to shoot for upcoming movie". The Gainesville Times. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "Mark Wahlberg hypes new movie after filming at The STRAT in Las Vegas". KSNV. February 15, 2023. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  13. ^ Wahlberg, Mark [@markwahlberg] (February 8, 2023). "Congrats to my guy @joynerlucas on his first motion picture wrap. Stay tuned". Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Instagram.
  14. ^ McArdle, Tommy (November 1, 2023). "Mark Wahlberg Is a Suburban Dad with a Secret Assassin Past in The Family Plan First Look (Exclusive)". People. Archived from the original on November 3, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  15. ^ "The Family Plan". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved December 18, 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  16. ^ "The Family Plan". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  17. ^ Lodge, Guy (December 15, 2023). "The Family Plan Review: Rote Actioner Stars Mark Wahlberg as Cinema's Least Well-Disguised Assassin". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  18. ^ Marsh, Calum (December 14, 2023). "The Family Plan Review: Who's Your Daddy?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  19. ^ Scheck, Frank (December 15, 2023). "The Family Plan Review: Mark Wahlberg's Apple TV+ Action Comedy Is Numbingly Routine". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  20. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (December 15, 2023). "The Family Plan review – Mark Wahlberg and his abs forced to revive special forces past". The Guardian. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

External links

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