CINEMA

The Family Fang

(STARZ DIGITAL)

Reprising his director/actor role of 2013’s Bad Words, Jason Bateman swings at an adaptation about the adult children of renowned performance artists, showing the complexes tied to being party to their controversial art pieces, art pieces that encompass their whole childhood—and take over their lives.

Pointing to the Fangs’ direct and unorthodox parental manipulation, the film sets up an intriguing dynamic of family dysfunction: the parents still attempt to manipulate their adult children into playing along in