Our Father

Name: Our Father
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: May 11, 2022
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Bri Ana Wagner, Carrie Nungester, Donald Cline, Islam Moawad, Jacoba Ballard

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): May 11, 2022 | TV-MA

Starring: Bri Ana Wagner, Carrie Nungester, Donald Cline, Islam Moawad, Jacoba Ballard, Jason Hyatt, Keith Boyle, Lea Roman, Leslie Koch Foumberg, Simone-Élise Girard

Summary: Jacoba Ballard was an only child, conceived via donor sperm, who always dreamed of having a brother or sister. An at-home DNA test led her to the discovery of not one but seven half-siblings – a number that defied best practices in fertility medicine. As the group set out to learn more about their curious family tree, they soon discoveredJacoba Ballard was an only child, conceived via donor sperm, who always dreamed of having a brother or sister. An at-home DNA test led her to the discovery of not one but seven half-siblings – a number that defied best practices in fertility medicine. As the group set out to learn more about their curious family tree, they soon discovered the sickening truth: Their parents’ fertility doctor had been inseminating his patients with his own sperm – without their knowledge or consent. As Ballard and her newfound siblings realized they’ve barely begun to untangle his dark web of deceit, their pursuit of justice lies at the heart of this profoundly unsettling story about an unimaginable breach of trust. [Netflix]… Expand

Director: Lucie Jourdan

Genre(s): Crime, Documentary

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 97 min

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Lisa Kennedy

May 12, 2022

It is the siblings — their anguish and their anger, as well as the compassion they extend to one another — that drive the narrative. Read full review

Richard Roeper

May 10, 2022

Director Lucie Jourdan paints a vividly disturbing picture of Cline, using his own words and actions against him, but wisely and compassionately makes Our Father as much about the victims as the infuriatingly evil Cline. Read full review

Nina Metz

May 13, 2022

At the moment, far too many true crime documentaries function as little more than an episode of “Dateline.” They report information but lack analysis or even thoughtful ideas about how to use the medium of film to tell a story at once shocking and infuriating. Such is the case with Our Father on Netflix. Read full review

Jacob Oller

May 9, 2022

Our Father’s failures aren’t in its lurid source material, but in its leering execution. Read full review

Brian Lowry

May 11, 2022

The sense of violation that this story entails is almost palpable, and "Our Father" certainly conveys that. If only the filmmakers had trusted the audience enough to present it in a more unadorned manner. Read full review

The Playlist Christian Gallichio

May 21, 2022

We never get a full sense of what these people went through after finding out that Cline was their biological father, mainly because Jourdan doesn’t seem particularly interested in unpacking these issues, or giving enough narrative space to explore the psychological toll. Read full review

NME Paul Bradshaw

May 9, 2022

Less a balanced exposé than a tabloid scoop played for shocks, the film never even bothers to ask why any of this might have happened. Read full review

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meatmobile

May 12, 2022

Don't listen to Raelynn - they're a conspiracy theorist taking the fact that someone who was christian doing something disgusting to try and desperately move the camera away and whine about nonexistent boogeymen. News flash - the reason no 'major stream' documents the things these allegedDon't listen to Raelynn - they're a conspiracy theorist taking the fact that someone who was christian doing something disgusting to try and desperately move the camera away and whine about nonexistent boogeymen. News flash - the reason no 'major stream' documents the things these alleged 'satanists' do is because they don't exist. This is the same reason you're not going to get a true crime documentary on why the Grinch stole Christmas. As for the movie itself, I wish it had some kind of justice or conclusion for the people affected by this, but that's how the cookie crumbles and in a way this is the justice. Now everyone knows what he did. I just wish people like Raelynn22 wouldn't use him to spout off their wild Qanon conspiracy theories.… Expand

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