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...fictional families in recent memory seem more unhappy than the Catchprices, who own a General Motors dealership on the outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Gran Catchprice, the matriarch of this ragged clan, is approaching her 86th birthday and toys with the idea of blowing Catchprice Motors to smithereens; she has a stash of gelignite and knows how to use it. Her daughter Cathy wants to leave the family business and go on the road with Big Mack, her country-and-western band. Son Mort refuses to sell cars and enjoys a none-too-warm paternal bond with...
...brains may be performing a public service. Unless, that is, the public starts getting in the way. Such is the crisis facing law-enforcement officials in Brooklyn, N.Y., where the city's worst intrafamily gangland war in 30 years is now raging. The culprits: the black-sheep Colombo clan, the Mafia's most reckless, divisive and dull-witted crime outfit. Not only have six members or associates of the group been killed since late November, but at least five innocent bystanders have also been shot or otherwise injured. Seeking to bring the gunplay under control, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes...
...Christmas this year. But six months ago, when their mother Tamey left them in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to search for work elsewhere, the children wondered if the holidays would ever come again. When they joined her in Charlotte, N.C., Tamey had still not found a home. At first the clan lived in cramped motel rooms, then in a homeless shelter for families. But now Tamey, her boyfriend Bobby Warren and the children, 7 and 10, have an apartment, a tree ringed with presents, and a vision of their lives that hard work and good luck delivered just in time...
...Then their good fortune multiplied. Last month an anonymous donation from a local church gave the clan enough money to rent a furnished apartment on Charlotte's southside. Nicole and Brandon still share a bed, but this time it's a double. They have enrolled at Montclaire Elementary, where Nicole is turning into a math whiz. Brandon, who has befriended every kid in class, is proud of his creative writing. But he is proudest of his new home. "I have my own room, a dresser where I keep my clothes," says he. "I got blinds and a teddy bear...
Unfortunately, it requires a great whirring and clanking of plot machinery to make us believe this Peter is the One True Peter. The sounds of still more noisy manufacturing accompany the creation of a father-offspring conflict and the maneuvering of the Banning clan back to Gran's house. There, the children are bedded down near a familiar open window, through which they can be conveniently abducted by Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman). In due course Banning will be conducted through the same window by his old friend Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts). His mission is to rescue his kids, but that gives...