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Father Figures

2017

Lawrence Sher

Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, J.K. Simmons, Glenn Close ...

4.4

889

Comedy Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] turns 'healing' into tedium (...) The two actors never convince us that they were baptized in the same physical or spiritual DNA (...) A limply spritzing fountain of unconvincing (and unfunny) tricks"	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A textbook example of hackwork both behind and in front of the camera (...) As the narrative limps along from one encounter to the next, a suspicion grows: 'Father Figures' doesn't need to exist"	NEG
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"'Father Figures' can’t decide whether it’s a gross-out comedy or an uplifting tale of brotherly love; it embraces the worst of both worlds"	NEG
United States	Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"Largely unfunny (...) Few of its jokes work (...) 'Father Figures' doesn’t seem to fully understand its own premise"	NEG
United States	Alex Welch IGN	"A baffling film, one that never seems to ever get a handle on what it is or what it wants to be (...) 'Father Figures' is just a straight-up mess."	NEG
United States	Katie Walsh Chicago Tribune	"The effect was so listless, low-energy and profoundly unentertaining that I jotted down in my notes 'what even IS this?'"	NEG
United States	Robert Abele The Wrap	"Neither committed to forging new comic ground with its wackiness, or savvy enough to make us care about a family journey, 'Father Figures' is its own dad stereotype: it’s never there for you."	NEG
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"'Father Figures' is really stupid, but not really funny (...) All of those big-personality actors are a lot of fun. But, on the whole, the movie isn’t (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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