Film
All in the Family
Other titles called All in the Family: the 1971 series (CBS).
- Family drama
- Very dark
A two-family gathering celebrating an engagement spirals into darkness across a single night. This is chamber-piece tension: claustrophobic, deliberately paced, mining betrayal and moral complicity from the spaces between what's said and unsaid. For viewers who prize psychological unease over spectacle, who want their thrillers to think.
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People
Cast
- Matthew AdamsMan #2
- Caleb GaddisRashad Fuchs
Makeala Hiner-SmithDestiny Evans
Directing
- Holland MaloneDirector
Writing
- Holland MaloneWriter