The Other F Word
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: November 2, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireEric KohnNov 2, 2011
While the contradiction of punk rock parenthood may not have a solution, The Other F Word successfully has fun with the mystery. Read full review
80
Time OutSam AdamsNov 1, 2011
Nevins's portrait of how a nihilistic movement fostered such nurturing family men resonates beyond its rebels-with-a-cause novelty. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaDec 1, 2011
And talk about transcendent parenting moments: When Lindberg's girls pull out their Barbies, the Pennywise singer goes and gets his Devo doll to play with them. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliNov 17, 2011
Lindberg, who wrote a book on the subject called "Punk Rock Dad," is at the center of this sweet, revealing and proudly foulmouthed ethnography on rock and the modern dad. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 16, 2011
For the most part the film is an interesting, and occasionally fascinating, look at getting older and taking on responsibility. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 1, 2011
What begins as an amusing fluff piece ("Daddy's messed up," mumbles one woozy subject after dropping his gurgling infant) slowly emerges as a compelling and often touching peek at punk paternity. Read full review
70
VarietyAndrew BarkerNov 1, 2011
The Other F Word is a raucous, eye-opening, sad and unexpectedly wise look at veteran punk rockers as they adapt to the challenges of fatherhood. Read full review
65
MovielineAlison WillmoreNov 2, 2011
It's lovely to see these attempts at punk parenting, but there's really not much "punk" to them beyond appearances. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyNov 10, 2011
Full of slick editing and various zippy technical tricks: split screens, sped-up footage, song lyrics and other text (in wild fonts) superimposed on the screen. Sometimes it's fun. More often it's distracting. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinNov 2, 2011
The film's juxtaposition of punk-rock fashion and cozy domesticity proves neither comic nor revelatory. It is, however, adorable, though not adorable enough to compensate for the film's damnable lack of focus. Read full review
50
Village VoiceRob HarvillaNov 1, 2011
Flea almost cries. Twice. There's your four-word summation of The Other F Word, a half-poignant, half-absurd documentary on punk-rocker dads. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenNov 6, 2011
Winds up feeling scattershot and unfocused. Rather than capturing punk brattiness maturing into wary adulthood, director Andrea Blaugrund Nevins might have been better off simply making a film solely about Lindberg. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoOct 31, 2011
Covered in tattoos and clinging to wisps of their outsider status, the men profiled here seem assured of the novelty of their dilemma, as if they were the first generation to settle into a middle-class existence after a youth spent on the fringes. Read full review
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