Starbuck
2011 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 6.9 · 57% critics
A drifting man learns that his past as an anonymous sperm donor has made him the biological father of hundreds of young adults. As a legal push threatens to expose his identity and his partner questions his readiness for parenthood, he’s forced to face responsibility, privacy, and what it really means to be a family.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-07-27
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (474 votes)
About
If you enjoy warm, feel-good comedies that mix big-life questions with gentle humor, this could click—especially if you liked Delivery Man; Not for you if you dislike subtitles, implausible premises, or heavy sentimentality.
Pros: heartfelt and uplifting; funny, charming lead; thought-provoking premise | Cons: far-fetched setup; predictable, cliché moments; overly sentimental for some
Themes
- sperm bank
- lawsuit
- man child
- sperm donor
- artificial insemination
- loan shark
Cast & crew
Patrick Huard
as David Wozniak
Julie Le Breton
as Valérie
Antoine Bertrand
as Avocat
Dominic Philie
as Frère sombre
Marc Bélanger
as Frère sympathique
Igor Ovadis
as Père de David
David Michaël
as Antoine
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
as Julie
Sébastien René
as Raphael
Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle
as Coisier ado libroirie
Directed by Ken Scott