Fathers and Daughters
| Release Date: July 8, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
8
Negative:
9
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60
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungOct 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. Read full review
50
The Film StageJared MobarakJul 7, 2016
It’s extremely saccharine and obvious in its progression, but I’m not sure you can truly say it isn’t real where the emotion is concerned. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyDevan CogganJul 7, 2016
Fathers and Daughters’ predictable plot keeps it from ever becoming a truly enjoyable tearjerker. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJul 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. Read full review
50
Screen DailyWendy IdeOct 29, 2015
Seyfried is impressive in the role, mercurial and fragile, but with a flinty coldness deep within. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAbbey BenderJul 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. Read full review
40
EmpireIan FreerJun 20, 2016
It’s tastefully shot and Crowe commits to the horrors of Jake’s illness (his seizures are upsetting) but the writing lacks depth, the character psychology is dime-store Freud and the performances are variable. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonDave CalhounNov 10, 2015
The list of co-stars – Jane Fonda, Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul – is so impressive that it’s hard to know what attracted everyone to such a soapy, cloying script. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comAlissa WilkinsonJul 8, 2016
Pair Fathers and Daughters with a bottle of wine and a friend on a rainy night, and it will work just fine. Read full review
38
New York PostSara StewartJul 7, 2016
Janet McTeer, Octavia Spencer, Diane Kruger and Jane Fonda brighten the screen momentarily, all in too-small roles. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 17, 2016
The sum of Fathers and Daughters is so much less than each of its individual parts. A misshapen attempt at maudlin (not unlike Muccino’s other Hollywood films), it enrages, here and there, but rarely touches or moves us. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJul 7, 2016
No amount of star power can save the script by Brad Desche. Read full review
30
VarietyGuy LodgeOct 29, 2015
In its shape and sheen, Fathers and Daughters seems dated even before Michael Bolton surfaces to cough up a gelatinous closing-credits ballad. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedJul 6, 2016
This turkey is too clumsy and boring to make much of a ripple in the summer landscape. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJul 7, 2016
The spectacle of actors of the quality of Russell Crowe, Aaron Paul, Janet McTeer, Octavia Spencer and Jane Fonda earnestly struggling to wring eye moisture from hammy, flat-footed dialogue (credited to Brad Desch, an unknown), while maintaining some dignity, is depressing proof that an actor is only as good as his or her material. Read full review
20
The TelegraphTim RobeyJun 20, 2016
The level of psychological nuance in Desch’s script, not to mention feminist enlightenment, makes EL James look like Virginia Woolf. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezJul 5, 2016
The film's weird reformulation of the Electra complex is nothing short of a sexist fantasy of salvation. Read full review
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