'In the Family' review: Slice of life Yet the two great scenes in the movie - and they are genuinely great - are the result of a similarly crazy willingness to take his time. Wang stars as a father in a gay marriage who loses his partner to a car accident. The will was dated 2002, and he never got around to updating it, and so Joey (Wang) faces separation from his son and his home. People visit Joey to commiserate, and they all just sit around drinking beer, talking about stuff you've already seen and already know, and nothing happens. In another scene, as everyone wonders where Joey might turn for help, a woman calmly walks over to a phone, dials a number and makes an appointment for him to see her lawyer. [...] fairly late in the film, Joey meets another lawyer, played by Brian Murray, a remarkable actor, and with that, the movie levitates. [...] whatever odd character choice Wang has made - keeping Joey simple, almost like a holy fool - begins to make perfect sense.
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