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The Family Way (1966)

The Family Way poster
Directed by
Roy Boulting, John Boulting
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple struggle to find privacy and intimacy after moving in with the husband's overbearing family. Their marital problems are played for both laughs and sympathy.

lightheartedwarmgentleearthytenderdomesticwhimsical

What happens

The Family Way is a 1966 British comedy-drama film produced and directed by John and Roy Boulting, respectively, and starring father and daughter John Mills and Hayley Mills. Based on Bill Naughton's play All in Good Time (1963), with screenplay by Naughton, the film began life in 1961 as the television play Honeymoon Postponed. It is about the marital difficulties of a young newlywed couple living in a crowded house with the husband's family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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