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Familiar Strangers (2008)

Familiar Strangers poster
Directed by
Zackary Adler
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American family deals with shifting relationships as the children become adults. The parents and kids try to find new ways to connect with each other.

warmbittersweetgentlereflectiverelatableunderstatedfamily-centricheartfelt

What happens

Familiar Strangers (formerly known as Pretzels & Pills) is a 2008 film about an American family going through the process of negotiating the changing relationships between parents and children, especially as those children grow into adulthood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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