Family Romance, LLC.'s reviews
Media reviews
Indiewire
"The filmmaker's scrappy look at Japan's rent-a-family industry isn't perfect, but it's a surprising shift from his usual routine...it provides a fascinating contrast to Herzog?s other explorations into the mysteries of the modern world. For the first time, he lets the material speak for itself".
The Guardian
"A strange, faintly frustrating but diverting film".
Roger Ebert
"The Herzog touch is evident both in his globetrotter's fascination with real-life oddities...and in?this is a compliment?the imperfection of his execution. Herzog is not interested in filming a polished drama about characters who play roles for a living; he is interested in recording actors as they pretend to pretend".
Variety
"Not quite 90 minutes, the film might actually be more effective at half the length...But Herzog, as we know...can be an absurdist poet".
The Hollywood Reporter
"This is minor Herzog, to be sure, but alternately amusing and disarming nonetheless. It also makes an implicit request: Analyst, analyze yourself".
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote