Familie Jones – Zu perfekt, um wahr zu sein (2009)

Familie Jones – Zu perfekt, um wahr zu sein: Directed by Derrick Borte. With David Duchovny, Demi Moore, Amber Heard, Benjamin Hollingsworth. A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they’re living there, they don’t exactly come clean with their neighbors.

“Itu0026#39;s not as ridiculous as the Stepford Wives, for instance, so at least there is some potential for suspension of disbelief, but as an actual plot line . . . well . . .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut OK, letu0026#39;s go ahead and suspend that disbelief, shall we? As for the actual story as it plays out, the theory is that upper crust yuppie u0026quot;pseudo familiesu0026quot; are assembled as u0026quot;unitsu0026quot; and planted into various upscale neighborhoods to stealthily promote all sorts of high end trendy merchandise by pretending to be ordinary consumers displaying their favorite things.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf course, what is really going on is a bizarre marketing scheme, with supposedly implanted units all over the world, pushing the products . . .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOK, who knows, maybe this sort of thing actually happens? But for the everyday average working person,. this entire universe being painted seems, implausible at best.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat is interesting about this film is to see Demi Moore in action. Oddly enough (how surprising) she plays the perfect no holds barred, Iu0026#39;ll do anything to anyone no matter what, ambitious business woman. That part fits her perfectly . . . central casting pegged her perfectly for this part. The only real flaw in this entire escapade is when Demiu0026#39;s character suddenly discovers she might actually have . . . gasp . . . something resembling a heart hiding inside her icy, take no prisoners presence.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf course, Iu0026#39;m not going to say here what happens in the end, but if youu0026#39;re looking for unexpected twists and turns in a labyrinth of emergent sub plot detours, you wonu0026#39;t find that here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eActually, the character and situational clichéu0026#39;s are so absurd that there really is quite a comedic thread running through this (intentional, or unintentional?), but the real punchline here, of course, is the very serious message of addiction to catastrophic overspending and the resulting debt quagmires that so many Americans really are experiencing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn a more sobering view of this film, the message is starkly direct, to the point, and quite timely.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEntertaining? Well, yeah . . . as I said, watching Demi Moore basically playing herself is perhaps the most interesting character element to watch, but thatu0026#39;s just my opinion.”