βFamily Timeβ Review: Finnish Family Portrait Balances Christmas Cheer and Domestic Discord
With its stationary long-shots of domestic life, βFamily Timeβ is like the βParanormal Activityβ of dysfunctional-holiday-gathering movies: Thereβs a sense of spying on people who donβt realize theyβre under a microscope. Of course, Tia Kouvoβs debut feature is duly scripted, directed and professionally acted. But her approach is so effectively low-key, you might occasionally forget [β¦]