
A desperate TV producer convinces an old Armenian Uncle to star in a new reality show. Cultures collide when Uncle Rafael is thrown into the Schumacher family household where he has one week to save a broken and dysfunctional American family from falling apart. The only rule-everyone must follow his rules.... (Full plot summary below)
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A desperate TV producer convinces an old Armenian Uncle to star in a new reality show. Cultures collide when Uncle Rafael is thrown into the Schumacher family household where he has one week to save a broken and dysfunctional American family from falling apart. The only rule-everyone must follow his rules.
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| Film Journal InternationalShirley SealyFor anyone who has the bad luck to see this vanity production, it will be remembered as one of the worst films of the year--if not the decade. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinIt's no great surprise how things end up for this tossed-under-one-roof bunch. How they get there, however, provides a largely fertile playground for the picture's talented comic ensemble. |
| Slant MagazineZachary WigonThe Americans are clichéd and vapid, and seeing them get knocked around and told to wake up can be validating if you know people as obnoxious and spoiled as them. |
| New York TimesNicolas RapoldMy Uncle Rafael stumbles over forced plotting and setups and falls prey to its hero's avuncular mushiness. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibA behind-the-scenes comedy about the making of a reality TV show, My Uncle Rafael looks suspiciously like an outright sitcom itself, with the same careful dosage of sententiousness and one-liners. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerAn insufferable import indebted to "Mrs. Doubtfire" in which a man in prosthetics helps a family cope with, and overcome, divorce. |
| User ReviewSylvia BAmazing film, I loved every part of it. I already knew it would be great bc it was sold out you literally had to buy tickets in advance. The theater was filled with laughter I love "Uncle Rafael" |