I like to review movies based on what they are and not what I want them to be or hoped for them to be. The Mattamachine Family, while not entirely unenjoyable due to the cast which did an adequate job. The story itself leaves a lot to be desired. The movie tries to tackle the important and interesting theme about the ways in which queer people can have families, children and how fulfilling such families are, regardless of how they get there (be it IVF, adoption, foster care). At the end of the movie, you are left wondering exactly what the movie was about and what the point of it was, because it doesn’t say much and you are left feeling like you just overheard a story from someone who was being too loud on the train.
The BL Xpress 