“Great casting, intelligent scrip and beautifully shot. What more can one ask? Easily the best Seattle feature I have ever seen!”
- Helen Loveridge, Executive Director, Seattle International Film Festival
“The actors and their performances are subtle, moving and luminous, as is the stunning photography. They made me weep. And swell with pride that this is a Screen Actors Guild project.”
- Joan Kalhorn, Executive Director, Seattle Screen Actors Guild
"Beautiful, sophisticated, and universally appealing.”
- Daryl McDonald, Executive Director, Palm Springs International Film Festival
“A Superb Ensemble Cast...exquisitely written and superbly Directed...a film everyone should watch...It may just change your life.” - Patrick Schweiss, Executive Director, Sedona International Film Festival 2006
“Revealed through nuanced performances by a flawless ensemble cast, this warm, evocative story rediscovers the value of family and finds that change is not only possible, it’s necessary.” - Ashland International Film Festival, 2005
"Steeped in autumn colors and filmed on a beautiful estate on Bainbridge Island, [A Relative Thing] is a touching story of a once-estranged family learning to love each other again… there is genuine emotion in the performances, and Bennett’s obvious love for film as a tool of memory shines through.” - Moira MacDonald, film critic, Seattle Times, 2004