Father Figures Movie Review
Keen eyed viewers may compare the frivolously flat and fruitless father figures to the 1996 vehicle flirting with disaster which sports the same kind of road trip hunting for daddy foundation however the main difference is that flirting with disaster used its star studded cast to their utmost and is actually funny.
Father figures movie review. Starring ed helms owen wilson glenn close j k. Distinguished mainly by its overqualified cast and lack of inspiration father figures can t decide whether it s a gross out comedy or an uplifting tale of brotherly love. Father figures is a swing and a miss unfortunately. Despite its talented cast sher and malen can t provide them with enough entertaining or cogent material to sell this half hearted comedy.
Ed helms and owen wilson star as twin brothers who discover that their father whom they were told died before they could know him isn t actually their father. Kyle and peter are brothers who believe their father had died when they were young. Father figures brings nothing new or innovative to the table but it follows the formula well and delivers a perfectly fine movie. It embraces the worst.
Despite having no personality of its own this movie just yearns to be recognized at all. Despite having no personality of its own this movie just yearns to be recognized at all. Peter ed helms and kyle owen wilson are. Filled with insincere wackiness and sappiness father figures never quite figures out whether it wants to be a raunchy zippy road movie or a more dialogue driven dramedy.
Directed by lawrence sher. In father figures peter reynolds ed helms is disappointed with his life. He s divorced his son seems to loathe him and he can t stand his job as a proctologist. He goes to his mother s glenn close wedding and runs into his twin brother kyle owen wilson who seems to have the perfect life and a perfect girlfriend in hawaii.
When they discover this to be a lie they set out to find their real father and end up learning more about their mother than they probably ever wanted to know. And in this day and age of morally unmoored and randomly obscene comedies that s saying something.