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A dark, twisted, heartfelt family pic in 'The Willoughbys'

by AP Film Writer
| April 22, 2020 12:03 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maya Rudolph loves stories about unconventional families. It’s why her daughter brought Lois Lowry’s “The Willoughbys” to her attention well before she knew that there was a planned film adaptation. The novel, from 2010, is a gently macabre Lemony Snicket-meets-Roald Dahl cocktail of terrible parents and quirky children who’d prefer to be rid of one another.

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