Peeples
A hopeful suitor crashes his girlfriend’s affluent family reunion and discovers that winning over the clan may be easier than surviving its eccentricities.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- awkward
- lazy sunday
- date night
What critics said
Critics found the film warm and amiable with occasional laughs, but largely predictable and burdened by an overwrought message.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Wade invites himself to Grace's family reunion and spends the weekend trying to make a good impression before proposing.
The well-to-do Peeples clan presents social confidence and status while revealing tensions and eccentricities during the reunion.
Wade plans to propose to Grace and believes the family gathering is the ideal setting for the commitment.
Wade worries that he is not a blue blood and may not fit into Grace's well-to-do family.
Films like Peeples, and why
Meet the Parents
Like Peeples, it blends romantic commitment with an intimidating, dysfunctional family gathering and broad ensemble comedy.
Guess Who
Shares the fish-out-of-water premise, family pressure, relationship anxiety, and escalating weekend farce.
Our Family Wedding
Comparable for its wedding-adjacent family dysfunction, romantic stakes, and warm but formulaic ensemble humor.
Movie Details
- Director
- Tina Gordon
- Release Date
- 2013-05-09
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (75)
Cast
- Craig Robinson
- Kerry Washington
- David Alan Grier
- S. Epatha Merkerson
- Tyler James Williams
- Kali Hawk
- Diahann Carroll
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Ana Gasteyer
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Peeples about?
- A hopeful suitor crashes his girlfriend’s affluent family reunion and discovers that winning over the clan may be easier than surviving its eccentricities.
- What is Peeples like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Peeples as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Peeples violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Peeples.
- What did critics think of Peeples?
- Critics found the film warm and amiable with occasional laughs, but largely predictable and burdened by an overwrought message.
- Which films are like Peeples?
- Films with a similar feel include Meet the Parents, Guess Who, and Our Family Wedding.
- How long is Peeples?
- Peeples runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch Peeples?
- In United States, Peeples streams on MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
