It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

The director made the hugest mistake adding incestuous tension into this movie. It made the whole thing unenjoyable and unrelatable. Since this movie was based on the director's real life experience with his sister, it only makes me wonder. Yuck.

Don't expect something spectacular here, but, what you do get is a well executed portrayal of a certain group of people and their life choices and consequences that said choices brought. But, not only that, it also shows how one can deal with such things. Like when the son says to his mother "I will never agree with you, but I love you".The casting is very well done. None of these actors are great actors, but they are good actors and are very well cast, so this works out great.Though at times it seems the story revolves (too much) around the recently departed father of the main character, it actually does put him in the right place. In the lives of all involved, he was a big presence. The fact that maybe he was a too big of a presence is also saying something about the characters themselves.I watched this movie with my teenage niece and she liked it, so, I guess that it's also not as "adult" as it would seem at first.

(Credit IMDb) While settling his recently deceased father's estate, a salesman discovers he has a sister whom he never knew about, leading both siblings to re-examine their perceptions about family and life choices. This was one of the most underrated films of 2012. It's a genuinely heartwarming story about redemption and finding yourself. I'm somewhat estranged from a lot of my family, aside from my Dad. I may not have had no contact with my sister like Sam (Chris Pine) does in this movie, but I was easily able to feel sympathy for him. Chris Pine did a really nice job of transforming his character throughout the movie. He plays an arrogant human being for a while, who pushes everyone away, including his love interest (Olivia Wilde) I really enjoyed his changes that he made in the movie. His chemistry with Elizabeth Banks was fantastic. Speaking of Elizabeth Banks, she is just as pivotal as Pine was to making this film as enjoyable as it was. I feel she is one of the most underrated talents in Hollywood. She was natural as a former alcoholic. Olivia Wilde felt a little cold at times, but she did well. If the ending doesn't make you smile, I really question your sanity. 7.8/10

One sweet and romantic view in the foundation of family's relations, "People Like Us" does a great job in showing just how important being a united family is...Using a great cast and script this movie is a promising story that will touch your heart and will make you change your mind about the way you see and understand family.Chris Pine is in great shape as regards his acting skills but Elizabeth Banks is the one who stands out and steals all the applause...Michelle Pheiffer is -as always- great in catching her role as the "one who made the choice" and regarding the directory that is average and sometimes fails to follow the great acting or soundtrack.Anticipating for more movies like this one i would say that "People Like Us" will be hard reach by anyone as it does a great job in combining drama and comedy all in a wonderful moving way...