Starbuck
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48 out of 100

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  • Starring: Julie LeBreton, Patrick Huard
  • Summary: At 42, David lives the life of an irresponsible adolescent. He coasts through life with minimal effort and maintains a complicated relationship with Valerie, a young policewoman. Just as she tells him she's pregnant, David's past resurfaces. Twenty years earlier, he began providing sperm to a fertility clinic in exchange for money. He discovers he's the father of 533 children, 142 of whom have filed a class action lawsuit to determine the identity of their biological father, known only by the pseudonym Starbuck.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 5 out of 22
  1. NPR
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    Mar 28, 2013
    80
    There are certain plot points in Starbuck, it's true, that either don't make much sense or are simply underexplained. But the picture is so breezily warm, without being too insistently ingratiating, that those flaws don't matter much.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Philip Wilding
    Mar 8, 2013
    80
    A French comedy that pitches for wit over broad comedy, it's successful in salting what could be a over-sugary confection with healthy dose of wryness. The result is always entertaining and rarely mawkish.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    Mar 19, 2013
    60
    What could have been one long, smutty joke ends up turning into a moving slice of midlife.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Mark Feeney
    Mar 28, 2013
    38
    Bertrand does his jelly-belly best to keep Starbuck a comedy. But even the broadest shtick can’t prevent a movie that features a Busby Berkeley-style group hug from becoming a male weepie. Or a testimonial to Planned Parenthood.

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  1. WandaWomanEh
    9
    I loved this French film; it challenges just what makes up a traditional family. It delivers many different characters that are real, relatable, some of whom are loved and others who are rejected in today’s family unit. There is unconditional love, even for the throw-aways and quirky people who do not fit in to society. It is a comedy with heart-warming sentiment. Leading man, Patrick Huard is a lovable and convincing man forced to deal his Peter Pan Syndrome. It is a teeny bit long, but you will not find this picture to be the typical formulaic Hollywood movie. And that is a good thing.… Expand
  2. LamontRaymond
    8
    One of the best films of 2013 so far which is not saying a ton But this is a heartwarming film that will make you smile. The lead actor is great.

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