Fathers & Daughters
2015 · Movie · R · 116 min · ★ 7.1 · 29% critics
After a sudden loss and a serious mental health crisis, a celebrated writer tries to hold his life together while raising his young daughter. Decades later, she faces her own struggles with intimacy and trust, searching for connection while carrying the lasting impact of her childhood.
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Details
- Original title
- Fathers and Daughters
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-10-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 29/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (1,041 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a heartfelt, relationship-driven drama about family bonds and lingering trauma, with big emotions similar to Seven Pounds or You’re Not You; Not for you if you dislike heavy tearjerkers or uneven plotting.
Pros: moving father-daughter bond; emotional tearjerker moments; strong lead performances | Cons: uneven second storyline; melodramatic dialogue; slow, repetitive pacing
Themes
- widow
- mental breakdown
- hospital
- writer
- family
Cast & crew
Amanda Seyfried
as Katie Davis
Russell Crowe
as Jake Davis
Aaron Paul
as Cameron
Diane Kruger
as Elizabeth
Jane Fonda
as Theodora
Bruce Greenwood
as William
Octavia Spencer
as Dr. Corman
Quvenzhané Wallis
as Lucy
Janet McTeer
as Carolyn
Kylie Rogers
as Young Katie
Directed by Gabriele Muccino