Family Business poster

Family Business

There's nothing like a good robbery to bring a family together.

5.7(296)19891h 50m3

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$12.2M
Language
English
  • heist
  • criminal
  • life sentence

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Sidney Lumet

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR15 Dec 1989
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical159 Feb 1990
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1630 Dec 1989
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1519 Jan 1990
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU6 Dec 1989
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1218 Jan 1990
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1818 Oct 1990
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1527 Apr 1990
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1830 Dec 1989

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Family Business was released on 6 December 1989.

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    kevin2019

    3/28/2025

    8/10

    "Family Business" is primarily concerned with the fractured familial dynamics within the McMullan family and the robbery which ironically enough is responsible for reuniting them - "There's nothing like a good robbery to bring a family together" as the poster tells us - is very much used as almost nothing more than a catalyst to examine what drives Jessie and his son Vido apart as decades old grievances gradually and…

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