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“The Family Plan” (2023) in a Nutshell

Paul Mansfield
Nutshell Reviews
Published in
2 min readDec 27, 2023

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To quote Rocky Shores (always quote the man when it involves dog turds),

Take Vegas Vacation, remove the jokes, add in lame mostly non-lethal violence, and sanitize for middle-America and you’ve got this floating piece of dog turd.

As we say goodbye to 2023 and look forward to 2024, the gods of streaming have gifted us with a virtual cornucopia of crap with the release of “The Family Plan” (2023) on Apple TV +.

It’s a festive Mark Wahlberg holiday spectacular, exemplifying why Marky Mark should be banned for life from acting. Dull. Wooden. Lacking depth and a capacity for giving pleasure. But that’s just my opinion, man.

Running a tedious 119 minutes — just one agonizing minute shy of two full, agonizing hours — this film is ideal for those nights when you’re seeking sheer noise as a backdrop. Perfectly suited for drowning out the chainsaw massacre of your most irksome foes, its unremarkable soundtrack ensures no neighbors will be lured over by the promise of fun.

It has loads of gunfire and a woman doing a handstand in a tight t-shirt on a beer keg, but it still sucks…

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Paul Mansfield
Nutshell Reviews

A mage of the pen, whose magic springs from the telling of tales. An iconoclast who promotes all fiction, but whose love is Transgressive Fiction.