
When he becomes a father at the tender age of 14, Robbie's life quickly spirals out of control. Feeling angry and neglected by his own dad, he kick-starts a series of events that will catapult him at great speed into adulthood.... (Full plot summary below)
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When he becomes a father at the tender age of 14, Robbie's life quickly spirals out of control. Feeling angry and neglected by his own dad, he kick-starts a series of events that will catapult him at great speed into adulthood.
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| Financial TimesLeo RobsonThe film has a nicely desolate air and some sweet bonding between the two Dads. But having avoided the threat of sentimentality, the film falls prey, in its latter stages, to silliness. |
| Little White LiesTom SeymourShot adroitly, and combining Leone-esque close-ups with long tracking shots of the various urban and rural locations, the film prioritises the ambiguity of emotional ties over expository melodrama. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmA sympathetic study of confusion, heartache and despair. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Tim RobeyStarts confidently, before panicking itself into potty melodrama. |
| ScotsmanAlistair HarknessSabotages any dramatic credibility with clunky scripting and increasingly preposterous plot twists. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawA well-intentioned look at masculinity and fatherhood. |
| Radio TimesJeremy AspinallThere's just not enough substance to this tale of two fathers. It's a pity, as the leads both give fine performances. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerA Boy Called Dad is something of a disappointment, despite a promising set-up and strong performances from Ian Hart and Kyle Ward. |
| User ReviewJonathan OThis is a beautiful heartwarming film which made me feel a whole host of emotions. I would wholeheartedly recommend this film to people of all ages and will be going again upon its release with my friends. |
| User ReviewJen BBrilliantly, heart warming. Ian Hart is one of my fave actors and he continues to be so in light of his fab performance. Nice ears! Young lad very good too in it. Quite moving at times. I cried which i don't very often at films. |