# All Happy Families review – childhood home is renovation project in likable indie drama





All Happy Families is a film with a few too many storylines, none of them fully explored. It’s easygoing and likable if not-quite satisfying, getting by on the natural and relaxed performances. Baker in particular is warm and wonderful as mum Sue, and there’s a lovely, tender scene with her and Will’s teenage daughter (Ivy O’Brien), who has just come out as trans. In the end the film’s message is perhaps more intricate and subtle – and truthful – than it first appears, with its portrait of a family that is both happy and unhappy, each in their own way.

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All Happy Families is in UK cinemas and on digital platforms from 14 March.
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