This was not your typical heist movie. The thieves weren't typical, they were three generations of thieves and one of them didn't really know the first thing about being a thief. Their mark also wasn't typical. They were supposed to steal some platelets and log books then sell them to a guy for $1M. How things went down also wasn't typical, but I won't play spoiler.
With heist movies you always expect twists and turns and elaborate plans. This had all that, but the twists and turns came in the form of the complicated relationship between Jessie (Sean Connery), Vito (Dustin Hoffman), and Adam (Matthew Broderick) who were grandfather, father, and son. Jessie was an incorrigible thief who raise his son to steal. Vito long since abandoned that lifestyle and gave his son the most normal law abiding life he could muster. Adam wants nothing to do with the stale constricting lifestyle Vito has carved out for him and he'd like to follow in Jessie's footsteps.
I liked "Family Business." I liked that there were no easy answers or easy resolutions because life is like that most of the time. We pine for the perfect solutions and the perfect relationships, but we hardly ever get those. "Family Business" showed just how complex and difficult family business can be.
With heist movies you always expect twists and turns and elaborate plans. This had all that, but the twists and turns came in the form of the complicated relationship between Jessie (Sean Connery), Vito (Dustin Hoffman), and Adam (Matthew Broderick) who were grandfather, father, and son. Jessie was an incorrigible thief who raise his son to steal. Vito long since abandoned that lifestyle and gave his son the most normal law abiding life he could muster. Adam wants nothing to do with the stale constricting lifestyle Vito has carved out for him and he'd like to follow in Jessie's footsteps.
I liked "Family Business." I liked that there were no easy answers or easy resolutions because life is like that most of the time. We pine for the perfect solutions and the perfect relationships, but we hardly ever get those. "Family Business" showed just how complex and difficult family business can be.