Catholic News Service
Based on real events and aimed at intelligent, mature audiences, “People Like Us” (Disney) can, refreshingly, be read as emphasizing the first word in its title.
Thus, as directed and co-written by Alex Kurtzman (in collaboration with Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert), this low-key blend of comedy and drama features no explosions, car chases, aliens, comic-book superheroes or, for that matter, four-letter-word-spouting teddy bears. Instead it showcases some fine acting and delivers a thoughtful — if not always entirely plausible — examination of its main characters’ struggle to overcome a legacy of family dysfunction.