Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations
Kaira Akita
- Robin
- (as Kaira Whitehead)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThis is the third movie in which Alfre Woodard & Sanaa Lathan play mother & daughter: 1) Love & Basketball 2) Something New 3) The Family that Preys
- GoofsIn the scene where William breaks up with Andrea, it switches between two different camera shots as they are speaking. In one camera shot, Andrea's hands are on William's shoulders, and in the other, they are not.
- Quotes
Alice Pratt: [after Charlotte has bought a vintage car] I've never seen you drive! Where's Morgan Freeman?
- SoundtracksBlue Nitrous
Written and Arranged by Andy Farber
Performed by Brent Runnels Band
Published by Syd-Ben Music Group
Courtesy of Tyler Perry Studios
Featured review
A Reasonable Soap-Opera with an Absurd Plot Point
The hard worker and religious Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard) raised her two daughters managing a simple bar of her own. Her snobbish and arrogant daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is graduated in Economic Science and works in a construction corporation while her sister Pam (Taraji Henson) stayed with Alice working in the bar. Andrea is married with the construction worker Chris (Rockmond Dunbar), who works in the same corporation of his wife and dreams on initiating his own business. However she is betraying him with their boss William Cartwright (Cole Hauser). William is the son of Alice's best friend, the wealthy Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates). While Alice travels with Charlotte in a road trip without destiny, the ambition and infidelity of William trigger a series of events that will affect relationships in both families.
"The Family That Preys" is a reasonable soap-opera and my first impression is that it is underrated in IMDb. However, the plot point in the meeting of the board of Charlotte's company is so absurd and incoherent that spoils the story and might be the reason for such bad rating. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): Not Available
"The Family That Preys" is a reasonable soap-opera and my first impression is that it is underrated in IMDb. However, the plot point in the meeting of the board of Charlotte's company is so absurd and incoherent that spoils the story and might be the reason for such bad rating. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): Not Available
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- claudio_carvalho
- Feb 11, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,105,289
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,381,218
- Sep 14, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $37,105,289
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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