Fathers and Daughters (2015)
Storyline
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
Directors
Cast
Janet McTeer, Russell Crowe, Diane Kruger, Amanda Seyfried, Bruce Greenwood, Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul, Jane Fonda, Jason McCune, Frank Conforti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Brendan Griffin, Paula Marshall, Ryan Eggold, Michelle Veintimilla, Jake Scheib, Kylie Rogers, Jenny Vos, Chris Douglass, Matt Scheib, John Shepard, Darren Eliker, Santiago Veizaga, Claire Chapelli, Sam Turich, Bri Sche Fair, Vanessa McCarthy-Johnson, Jason Shavers, Jesse Dillon Sorrells, Brian Muller
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Reviews
60
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.
50
Seyfried is impressive in the role, mercurial and fragile, but with a flinty coldness deep within.
40
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.
40
Empire
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.
40
Village Voice
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.
