You’d think modern-day societies would have moved past the old-fashioned narrative about fathers by now, especially with the heteronormative idea of family increasingly and rightfully shifting, challenging long-standing gender stereotypes. But many still view dads as absent, bread-winning authority figures who leave a child’s day-to-day needs and emotional growth to women. With her feature debut “Dads” (which was nabbed for distribution by Apple at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival), Bryce Dallas Howard sets out to topple various preconceived notions about paternity and portray the changing face of fatherhood.
The unremarkable nature of Howard’s film is based on the fact that its well-meaning plea — both parents ought to be equally involved in a child’s upbringing — is hardly groundbreaking. Thankfully, the actor-turned-filmmaker knows this. Avoiding a self-congratulatory tone accordingly, she eases into a lovely fête of fathers everywhere in 87 economic, often very funny minutes. In “Dads,” there are no...
The unremarkable nature of Howard’s film is based on the fact that its well-meaning plea — both parents ought to be equally involved in a child’s upbringing — is hardly groundbreaking. Thankfully, the actor-turned-filmmaker knows this. Avoiding a self-congratulatory tone accordingly, she eases into a lovely fête of fathers everywhere in 87 economic, often very funny minutes. In “Dads,” there are no...
- 9/7/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
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