Father Figures

  • NC16 (SINGAPORE)
  • 2018


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21 %
19 % Rotten
$ 25 Million
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Positive Reviews 5
Negative reviews 28
Average Rating 1.8/5
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3.0
The movie torpedoes its sense of comic discovery. Its as if everyone involved cant wait for it all to be over and go home. Av Club
1.3
The movie is staunchly disinterested in the visual potential of comedy, with many of its scenes involving these previously funny actors hanging out an .. Rogerebert
2.0
This almost totally fails as a comedy, with broad, unfunny, dumb jokes (such as Wilson and a young boy urinating on each other), though its marginally .. Common Sense Media
1.5
Its enough to make you wonder: Can a movie reach your heart if its already clogged your arteries Variety
1.9
Lawrence Shers film belatedly offers up a message that, rather than focus on whats missing from your life, youd do better to appreciate what you have.
2.0
And that a viewer would have to be quite a soft touch to respond to the pics attempts to generate fuzzy family bonding vibes. The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Its not that Father Figures is irredeemably bad. Its that its so predictable and yet so tonally disjointed.
1.5
Distinguished mainly by its overqualified cast and lack of inspiration, Father Figures cant decide whether its a gross out comedy or an uplifting tale .. The New York Times
2.3
Its almost impossible to really describe what kind of a film Father Figures actually is. IGN
1.3
But they are not two hours worth of likable, in a film this flawed. San Francisco Chronicle
1.0
Limp jokes, bad chemistry and the least believable onscreen fraternal bond make for a very lacklustre viewing experience.
2.0
More than that though is the fact that even at its best its never really funny. JoBlo
1.3
A comedy that doesnt go for cheap laughs is commendable. A comedy that doesnt go for any laughs at all is inexplicable. The Globe And Mail
2.0
10 1 3 / 10 Lawrence Sher is a talented cinematographer, delivering clear, colorful visuals for some of the biggest comedies of the last decade, inclu .. Blu Ray
2.5
Wilsons ingratiating performance sets the tone for this lightweight comic road movie, which is unhurried and eager to please. Chicago Reader
1.3
Contrivances are required for this sort of situational comedy, but theres no surprise to them here. Mark Reviews Movies
3.1
Filmmaker Michael Gracey does a fantastic job of immediately drawing the viewer into the briskly paced proceedings, as The Greatest Showman kicks off .. Reel Film Reviews
4.0
Lawrence Shers direction may be no more than workmanlike, but at least he stays out of everyones way. News Review
3.0
If you go to Father Figures not expecting too much, just hoping not to be let down, I think youll have a good time. (Full Content Review for Parents V .. Screen It
2.0
This creates some enjoyable deranged moments, but never gives anyone something to work with. Shadows On The Wall
1.0
Ostensibly a comedy in which Ed Helms and Owen Wilson try to find the dad they never knew, it unfurls its stale scenarios of familial grievance, R rat .. The Wrap
1.9
Would you like to watch Wilson and a young child urinate on each other in a rest stop bathroom Thought not. New York Post
2.0
You can bring together a cast of funny people and they can make you laugh sometimes quite a bit yet in the end all that doesnt add up to a good movie. .. Az Central
2.0
Father Figures Eddie Harrison 12 February 2018 Fundamentally flawed, star studded comedy that combines sexism and slapstick Filmed back in 2015 based .. Flim List
1.5
Despite its talented cast, Sher and Malen cant provide them with enough entertaining or cogent material to sell this half hearted comedy. Film Inquiry
1.0
A talented cast mostly sink with the ship in a so called comedy that is desperately dull and uninspired, often feeling like yet another carbon copy of .. Express
1.0
The closest this unbearably unfunny film comes to humour, is in reminding the viewer (early and often) that Helms is a proctologist. The Irish Times
1.9
Malens script undercuts almost all of its best ideas with moments of cheerless cruelty and half baked melodramatic schmaltz that grows increasingly ti .. Movie Freak
2.0
Its neither: its one of those comedies that asks us to believe adults behaving like complete imbeciles have something relatable to teach us about fami .. Detroit News
1.0
The film offers up a ridiculously infantile plot packed full of hideously crude jokes and a storyline so thin that it cant quite decide what it wants .. Hey U Guys
1.0
The result is a full blooded fable of outsider love thats at once timely and timeless, fantastical and forceful, its every tonal swing matched in subs .. Games Radar
2.0
Which is what makes the films genuinely heartfelt ending and leaving message all the more surprising, while its themes of fate and brotherhood sort of .. Metro New York
3.1
But their journey through family secrets delivers surprising charm. Seattle Times
1.9
Its an impressive example of Hollywood professionalism and efficiency its just a shame the movie itself isnt a bit more compelling. Clclt
2.5
The film spends too much time trying to be as meaningful with its comedy as it is raunchy. National Post



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