Everything is pleasant and fitfully amusing. In short, it is middling.

Closer to the gentle humanism of Paterson than Jarmusch’s cooler, ironic output, Father Mother Sister Brother is a small-scale and singular treat.

It's not up there with his best work.

Yet for those willing to sink into the film’s muted rhythms will find grace and wisdom here, the film’s litany of tiny but beautifully observed moments adding up to something greater than the sum of its parts.