David Duchovny,
Demi Moore,
Amber Heard,
Gary Cole,
Lauren Hutton
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A picture-perfect family moves into an upscale community, impressing the locals and integrating themselves into every aspect of the community until a sudden tragedy forces them to reassess their prior... read more
Directed by: Derrick Borte
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Keywords:
demi moore,
david duchovny,
amber heard,
keep up,
Demi Moore ,
Gary Cole ,
David Duchovny ,
Amber Heard
DVD Release Date: August 10, 2010
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March 19, 2012Interesting idea for a film - definitely has something to say about consumerism which most of us get sucked into, but taken to an extreme. Despite the topic, it is easy, pleasant viewing. I liked it more than I expected to.
Demi's plastic face is mildly distracting, and I think ... read more -
August 3, 2011Kate Jones: What was that?
Steve Jones: Just applying myself.
"Can you keep up?"
For me, The Joneses was two completely different movies. The first 45 minutes which was cool and original. And the last 45 minutes which was predictable, formulaic and melodramatic. After the fi... read more -
July 24, 2011A case story in how a killer idea and on-form cast come together to not quite work, this effort centres on a picture perfect "family" whose entire lives are a form of guerrilla marketing. By their attractive, high-gloss, perfectly dressed examples they become style leaders in the... read more
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February 1, 2011Well, a great idea comes behind the making of this movie, it is about forming a perfect and harmonious family to live in a suburban full of rich people so they can show off their things and sold the sponsor's products to the other neighbors... In the beginning of the movie, the s... read more
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November 21, 2010A great idea that is completely misguided. Are these characters really professionals? They don't act like it, and it is a mystery how they got that type of job, since they all do stupid things that could be so easily avoided! Besides, the ridiculous third act pretty much ruins ev... read more
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November 15, 2010This movie starts out light hearted and fun then gets very serious and dark. This movie is about keeping up with the Joneses. The husband and wife and their 2 point 4 children seem like the ideal family with everything - the perfect family, perfect house and all the latest gadget... read more
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November 5, 2010The Joneses features a seemingly perfect couple (Moore and Duchovny) with their equally perfect teenager son and daughter (Amber Heard and Ben Hollingsworth). They have better goods and ganme than any other family in town, the only problem is they're not a family: they are employ... read more
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October 26, 2010It was pretty good and interesting, I bet that's a reality what that family does in a movie in real life. We compare each other towards what we desire and want to have and we forget we live where the economy is in a horrible status, we want everything but we end up in debt, a sma... read more
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October 7, 2010Maybe it's because I am a David Duchovny fan, but I really liked this movie. I find the concept of a "planted" family totally interesting, and leaves me wondering if it really happens.
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September 27, 2010A clever idea but all that is good about this film gets thrown out of the window towards the end and is replaced by schmaltz. They should have all been killed by Wall-Mart. Worth watching for Gary Cole's performance but not much else!
Critic Reviews
April 12, 2011
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
April 21, 2010
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
There's a nicely cynical streak at the heart of The Joneses, until Borte goes soft and lets the audience off the hook. Full Review
April 19, 2010
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Mr. Borte conjures up a pleasant Stepford that runs less on robotic conformity than on endless, anxious competition. The key to the film is that it allows this life to have some real appeal. Full Review
April 16, 2010
Tom Long, Detroit News
A cheeky little commentary on modern consumption, The Joneses offers an uneasy balance between what's funny and what's not, staying just edgy enough to be uncomfortable while hitting its targets. Full Review
April 16, 2010
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
[Demi Moore is] She's one reason to see writer-director's Derrick Borte's zeitgeist fable The Joneses. Though she's not the only one. Full Review
April 16, 2010
David Germain, Associated Press
It makes for good, although not great, satire of the consumer culture that helped wreck the economy. Full Review
April 16, 2010
Dan Kois, Washington Post
By the end, The Joneses feels a little too satisfied with its own admittedly clever conceit and for the broad leeway it allows itself in the creative bandying of logos and slogans. Full Review
April 16, 2010
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
The Joneses is a black comedy about stealth marketing made by a filmmaker who's evidently much too close to the subject to bite the hand that feeds him. Full Review
April 16, 2010
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
The all-important production design perfectly captures a generation of unthinking consumers. And Moore and Duchovny, who have great chemistry, are strong enough to make the most of a script that reall... Full Review
April 15, 2010
Mary F. Pols, MSN Movies
You walk out of it thinking, that's totally plausible and, while sick, a great idea. Full Review
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