A Pulitzer-winning writer finds himself fighting against the world when a fatal car accident leaves him to raise his 5-year-old daughter, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
12 September 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
10 August 1984, Los Angeles County, California, USA
16 May 1967, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
5 August 1961, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
27 August 1979, Emmett, Idaho, USA
15 July 1976, Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany
July 10, 2016
There are no car chases, super heroes or explosions in 'Fathers & Daughters.' Just lots of bravery, tenderness and tears.
July 08, 2016
Even as I knew I was being manipulated - and what art doesn't manipulate? - I was moved.
July 07, 2016
As the movie jounces along on florid pronouncements that overstate the obvious, "Fathers and Daughters" defies credibility and insults the intelligence.
July 08, 2016
Might as well have been titled "Daddy Issues: The Movie."
July 07, 2016
"Fathers and Daughters" juggles too many plotlines ...
July 07, 2016
It's extremely saccharine and obvious in its progression.
July 05, 2016
The film's weird reformulation of the Electra complex is nothing short of a sexist fantasy of salvation.
July 07, 2016
Before excess suffocates the movie, there's a sharp sense of loss that carries significant power, almost able to buttress the entire effort.
July 08, 2016
Well-acted drama about emotional trauma has sex, drinking.
July 05, 2016
A sensitive drama about cutting loose a cumbersome emotional ball and chain.
July 08, 2016
If it didn't so obviously want to be a Serious Adult Drama, leaned into its own melodrama with zest, it could have been pretty good.
July 07, 2016
A cloying, on-the-nose family drama that fails to pack an emotional punch.
