SummaryBased on the 1989 film of the same name, 'Parenthood' is an hour long comedy-drama produced by Jason Katims and Ron Howard. The show addresses the modern challenges of raising kids in this post-technological world, addressing issues that affect both kids and parents.
SummaryBased on the 1989 film of the same name, 'Parenthood' is an hour long comedy-drama produced by Jason Katims and Ron Howard. The show addresses the modern challenges of raising kids in this post-technological world, addressing issues that affect both kids and parents.
It's less the Plot Events that ring true here than the well-played little side moments and background squabbles, the simmering resentments and recriminations, the emotional tugs-of-war.
All those plot threads could be beneficial in sustaining the series on a serialized basis, but Parenthood's multifaceted vision of family risks feeling too precious in places.
The overstuffed pilot piles on a few too many weepy crises, many involving Adam’s young son (who may have Asperger’s syndrome), but the strong cast’s considerable charm breaks through.
With such a talented writer on board, Parenthood deserves a few more episodes to iron out some of its more trite, movie-of-the-week storylines, allowing its multifaceted characters, and all their routine tribulations, to organically manifest as life consequently unravels.