Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s through to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identical dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun.
The Family has generally received positive reviews.
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The Family was released in 2016 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 7 reviews, giving The Family (2016) an average rating of 68%.
With a score of 68%, The Family is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2016, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2016 with similar scores include films like The Autopsy of Jane Doe, The Accountant and War Dogs.
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