
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
Leave your thoughts about Fathers and Daughters.
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA sensitive drama about cutting loose a cumbersome emotional ball and chain. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyEven as I knew I was being manipulated - and what art doesn't manipulate? - I was moved. |
| Entertainment WeeklyDevan CogganFathers and Daughters’ predictable plot keeps it from ever becoming a truly enjoyable tearjerker. |
| The New Paper (Singapore)Lisa TwangI've always thought Russell Crowe would make a rather crazy but loving dad. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo TuckerThere are no car chases, super heroes or explosions in 'Fathers & Daughters.' Just lots of bravery, tenderness and tears. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenThe spectacle of actors of the quality of Russell Crowe, Aaron Paul, Janet McTeer, Octavia Spencer and Jane Fonda earnestly struggling to wring eye moisture from hammy, flat-footed dialogue (credited to Brad Desch, an unknown), while maintaining some dignity, is depressing proof that an actor is only as good as his or her material. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakIt’s extremely saccharine and obvious in its progression, but I’m not sure you can truly say it isn’t real where the emotion is concerned. |
| Cine PremiereJesús ChavarriaThe film might be a little corny for some, but it's a well executed family drama. [Full review in Spanish] |
| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyObjectively speaking, it’s garbage, a suffocating mix of dad redemption, not-ready-for-Mr.-Right romance, and a bogus lit-world success story, with mental illness, slobs-vs.-snobs legal drama, and an Electra complex thrown in for flavor. On that level, it’s as shameless as porn. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyNo matter, as big, gloopy melodramas go, this is a perfectly good time-passer with lashings of actors and acting. |