Most Messed Up Families

There's not a lot of happiness to grasp onto in Todd Solondz's film Happiness, so it's no surprise that the film contains one of the most messed up families ever put to film.

No amount of words can put a Band-Aid on the fact that your dad is a pedophile who drugged and raped two of your friends, but Dylan Baker really gives it a shot as he calmly and frankly explains his sexual activities to his confused but accepting son. At the end of the day, he really does love his child. That's why he promises not to rape him.

With a mother who refuses to acknowledge reality and a father going to prison for pedophilia, there's little hope that this kid is going to grow into a healthy adulthood. Luckily, he'll fit right in in the Solondz-o-verse.

The Sawyers aren't the warm and cuddily family you'd want to spend Thanksgiving with. That's largely because they'll eat you.

This clan of inbred slaughterhouse workers and purveyors of high quality BBQ may get along with each other when hunting regular people, but it's hard to imagine a family that allows their retarded son to go around wearing a person mask fostering healthy psychological growth. We see some of this in the way Grandpa and The Hitchhiker bicker at each other. On the other hand, they do hold reverence towards their family's elders, so you never know.

One of the most amazing things about It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is how each main character's main deficiencies as human beings can be directly traced back to the disfunctional childhood they suffered. Charlie was raped by his uncle as a child while his coddling mother did nothing, so now he's little more than an infant. Mac could never get affection or attention from his parents, so he overcompensates with fake muscles and karate.

But Dee and Dennis are special because they were raised by Frank Reynolds, whose selfish, exploitive child rearing tactics of course produced two massive sociopaths. Dee and Dennis both think they're better than their peers while possessing none of the occasional innocence we see from Mac and Charlie. Before the show ends, it wouldn't be surprising to find they've even killed people. The Reynolds family is definitely one of the most messed up families ever.

For those that don't watch Tyler Perry films, most of them revolve around some lady who needs to go back to Madea's house to reconnect with her family roots. What the movies don't mention, however, is that Madea's house is really not a healthy place to be.

For one, Madea may sound like a logical problem solver, but whipping out a gun and shooting the ceiling won't resolve most conflicts. On top of that, Madea practices a form of tough love which often involves belittleing everyone around her for her own amusement. And then you've got Madea's brother Joe (also played by Tyler Perry), who will almost certainly sexually harass you, whether you're in his blood-line or not. If I were you, I'd steer clear of this messed up family.