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  • 2016
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m

Summary Jake Davis (Russell Crowe), a Pulitzer-winning novelist, finds himself fighting against the world when a fatal car accident leaves him to raise his 5-year-old daughter, Katie, all on his own. Overcome with guilt from the loss of his wife, he struggles with the daily routine of raising a child compounded by his overbearing relatives inten...

Directed By: Gabriele Muccino

Written By: Brad Desch

  • 2016
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m

Fathers and Daughters

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings
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Summary Jake Davis (Russell Crowe), a Pulitzer-winning novelist, finds himself fighting against the world when a fatal car accident leaves him to raise his 5-year-old daughter, Katie, all on his own. Overcome with guilt from the loss of his wife, he struggles with the daily routine of raising a child compounded by his overbearing relatives inten...

Directed By: Gabriele Muccino

Written By: Brad Desch

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60
Oct 29, 2015
Bringing good old-fashioned Mediterranean emotion to a screenplay that feels oh so familiar, this modern-day weepie unapologetically plays to the crowd rather than the critics.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
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Jul 6, 2016
Objectively 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.
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings
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18% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Jul 6, 2016
While Fathers and Daughters has a strong cast (including a brief appearance by Jane Fonda), it largely saddles them with one-dimensional roles and too-obvious emotional cues.
By Abbey Bender FULL REVIEW
38
Jul 8, 2016
Pair Fathers and Daughters with a bottle of wine and a friend on a rainy night, and it will work just fine.
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30
Jul 7, 2016
No amount of star power can save the script by Brad Desche.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
25
Jul 6, 2016
This turkey is too clumsy and boring to make much of a ripple in the summer landscape.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
12
Jul 5, 2016
The film's weird reformulation of the Electra complex is nothing short of a sexist fantasy of salvation.
By Ed Gonzalez FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Voltage Pictures, Busted Shark Productions, Fear of God Films, Andrea Leone Films
Release Date Jul 8, 2016
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating R
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Tagline She was his everything. He was her reason to carry on.
Website http://papa.gaga.ne.jp/
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