Synopsis
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic64/100
101 audience votes
Key crew
- Albert BrooksDirector
- Monica JohnsonWriter
- Albert BrooksWriter
- Harry ShearerWriter
- Mort LindseyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Albert BrooksAlbert Brooks
- Charles GrodinWarren Yeager
- Frances Lee McCainJeannette Yeager
- Lisa UretteLisa Yeager
- Robert StirratEric Yeager
- Matthew TobinDr. Howard Hill
- J.A. PrestonDr. Ted Cleary
- Mort LindseyMort Lindsey
- Joseph SchafflerPaul Lowell - Realtor
- Phyllis QuinnDonna Stanley - Gift Shop Owner
- James RitzJack from Cincinnati
- Clifford EinsteinRole Reversal Family Father
Stills
Themes
dysfunctional familymockumentaryfilmmakingfound footagedocumentary filmmakingnarcissistpsychological disintegrationfamily portraitfilm directorfilm crewsocial experimentdull suburb