Our Father (III) (2022) User Reviews

A shocking real life story.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 15 May 2022]

No federal law?

94 siblings, the result of a cruel and perverted acted by fertility Doctor, Doctor Donald Cline, who used his own semen samples inside his fertility Clinic, his victims unaware of his warped ideas.

This was such a good watch, so sickening, a plot that I've seen on a TV drama, where I can't remember, it seems so extreme, so abhorrent, you wouldn't expect to see it in real life, this is that story.

I have a full admiration for those that spoke, you get the sense of anger and injustice that each felt, and rightly so, Cline's acts were grotesque, once again we see someone trying to justify their acts in the name of religion.

It was arguably a little long, and personally I wasn't too sure about the idea to take it to The Doctor Jones show, that seemed to demean the tragic story somewhat, the look of glee on the faces of the audience members didn't sit right with me.

All in all, a shocking, intriguing watch, 8/10.

Uncompromising take on a crime that's yet to be punished! [+70%]

[arungeorge13 · 7/10 · 11 May 2022]

Our Father is a disturbing tale of half-siblings finding each other and learning a very bitter truth in the process: their mother's fertility doctor is their biological father. The documentary holds nothing back, giving the siblings the opportunity to voice their perspectives and provide detailed statements on how this ordeal has overturned their lives at various points. Sperm donation is something that we saw being talked about in films such as Vicky Donor (in India) and Delivery Man (in US) - both light-hearted takes on the subject. But what makes all the difference here is that everything in the documentary happened in real life and more importantly, Dr. Cline very clearly knew what he was doing and still did it dozens of times, his motivation behind the acts still unknown.

The very fact that he lied and hid the truth accounts for the crime here. He fathered children and pretended like they weren't his. The evolution of DNA technology exposed him, however, the laws in the state couldn't bring him to justice and he remains a free man. I'm really enjoying Netflix bringing these stories to light - they're honestly miles ahead of their original cinematic productions. And when we have such earth-shattering real-life incidents taking place around us, this is the least a streaming giant like Netflix can do. Well-made, nicely put together, extremely hard-hitting stuff.

Yeah, this piece is a psychological horror-thriller of the highest order and one that sticks with you for all the wrong reasons!

Am stunned

[loader1810 · 8/10 · 8 July 2022]

The fact that the US judicial system does not see this mans behaviour as criminal is telling. Amazing story, I especially loved the Dr Phil touch.

Its only a matter of time before siblings marry and the situation blows up again.

An utterly disgraceful individual who broke the ethical code which he should have held dear

[James_Denton · 7/10 · 3 June 2022]

A shocking documentary which I didn't think would have been possible had I not watched it.

He broke no laws but just because a law doesn't exist for this type of immoral behaviour doesn't make it any less heinous, not least because he had medical issues himself ruling him out from being a donor.

As a documentary it was 'ok' but a little too long.

7 out of 10. It's worth a watch.

Guy is a sick pos

[brett-76260 · 7/10 · 26 July 2022]

Yeah this guy belongs in prison that's all I can say. Matter of fact this sicko needs his ass kicked.... This documentary will piss you off in more ways than one that's for sure.

Disturbing

[dougdemelo · 7/10 · 23 July 2022]

I didn't read the sinopse. So I was not expecting to follow such a horrific story. I still feel very uncomfortable and amazed when remember it. Especially to think there was no justice made for the victims .

New laws universally needed for this Crime.

[Nemesis42 · 10/10 · 14 May 2022]

There are some rather dumb people reviewing here saying "What's the big deal, you needed insemination from a stranger anyway?" When someone seeks artificial insemination, back then and now, they choose from a pool of donors who've been through health screening. Meaning anyone with a medical condition is forbidden from being a sperm donor.

This imbecile Cline is/was not a healthy man. He has/had auto immune disease. He wouldn't have even gotten through the first hoop of donor screening! So you see, there's a problem here. And this is just ONE of the issues with what he did. He co-created nearly 100 human beings that are now predisposed to becoming ill.

The film needed to be dramatic to get the message through to the public more effectively.

I'm not going to detail the rest of the issues related to his conduct, but this criminal needs an appropriate prison sentence, or be admitted to an asylum. One, to assist his victims to move into closure mode, and two, to set an example for other offenders who wish to violate women in this way.

Intriguing Subject, Tedious Documentary.

[Backwards710 · 5/10 · 3 June 2022]

What this Doctor did was wrong, there's no way around that.

The telling of the story just fails on so many levels though. It focuses way too much on emotion and theory and opinion. What these people are dealing with is real enough.

I wish they would have explored how misleading patients was not criminal or, at the very least, ethically unjust. If the patients are under the assumption their sample is being used for insemination but it was instead replaced with another sample... how is that not fraud and/or malpractice? Maybe there is no legal recourse but was civil recourse ever explored? They should have focused on Who, Where, When, Why, What, and How..... not Would, Could, Should... It just feels like a huge chunk of the actual story is missing.

Non-consensual crime we need to know

[witra_as · 7/10 · 22 May 2022]

Unwavering take on non-consensual crime by a fertility doctor. I wish Lucie Jourdan could use more than just shocking interviews/confessions to bring the narrative forward. At least these victims broke their silence to reveal disgusting truth we all need to know.

Sad and twisted

[sparky-74463 · 2/10 · 21 May 2022]

This documentary is a sad tale of a doctor artificially inseminating his patients with his own sperm, while fathering over 60 children. It is a frustrating tale of a man who took advantage of his position for reasons I think most cannot understand. It is particularly frustrating because of the lack of laws by which to put him where he belongs-in prison. As a Christian, it is particularly frustrating to see him hide behind some sort of foolish idea he tries to base on the Bible. The accusations however, get rather ridiculous especially when there are accusations of racism and even the accusations of Nazi like Aryan ideas. As if being white and going to a white doctor with white sperm donors would produce a child of color? Or as though he, like Hitler and Himmler was trying to populate the world with his idea of the perfect child according to his ideas? That's a little ridiculous. He was a sick, selfish, man who beat the system due to a lack of experience with a case such as this. Some kind of weird pervert trying to justify his actions. The laws just weren't in place. The result is sad. Such a wicked person should have spent his remaining time in prison. My heart goes out to these people. Especially the men who thought they had actually fathered a child only to find out differently years later. However, some of the accusations made are ridiculous at best. It really detracts from the documentary itself. Sadly, between the unrealistic expectations of the victims over the charges(you can't trump up charges over laws that don't exist, or for that matter, twist a law or definition of a crime to fit your opinion), and the crazy allegations made over the reason for it, just go back to what you read in the press. I wouldn't rewatch this. It was difficult enough to finish the first time.

Left feeling shocked

[amcdalton7 · 7/10 · 25 May 2022]

This documentary left me feeling shocked at the sum of children at the end.

Leaves you thinking that not everyone is to be trusted and how someone could do such a thing.

Would recommend.

Shocking!

[SWoo834722 · 7/10 · 7 June 2022]

A shocking, true story of one arrogant, holier-than-thou fertility doctor, that grinds at the heart. Your mind says "How can this be?". Yet, it is. It's a raw story, hence the profanity. But it would have been better, without it.

Fast Forward the First Two Minutes

[GordonGekko_ · 7/10 · 28 May 2022]

This would be a great doc, if the director hadn't ruined the story within the first two minutes. It just doesn't make sense to give away the cause of the documentary and then spend the next 20 minutes building up a mystery.

This is a good story, but a better, more built-up delivery could have made this documentary epic.

Very emotive

[lucaschriskowalski · 6/10 · 15 May 2022]

Would have been a 7 for me but the main "sibling" went off the rails a bit, it was horrific what this man did but some of her "narrative" in this made her come across like a spoilt brat, really pedestrian. The sibling with a "twist" came out of nowhere, that was really disturbing. Good watch though.

I CANNOT BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE GIVING THIS NEGATIVE REVIEWS

[schokogut · 10/10 · 21 May 2022]

I googled out of curiosity what the rating of this is. Thought it was a very high one, but I see 6.6, people saying the kids are too dramatic? ARE YOU FRICKING KIDDING ME?

Disgusting that people give this horrible horrible story justification. That without the doctor the kids wouldn't even exist. SUUUUCH IDIOTS I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ALL THINK LIKE THAT.

Please all who gave this low score go to a therapist or do something to change your mind on this topic because I am legit so sorry for you.

Unbelievable documentary

[kymoviepro · 10/10 · 13 May 2022]

Kudos to my hometown reporter for sticking with this story and exposing him and his victims. The negative reviews must be from his cronies. One person reviewing said he was just helping people who had trouble getting pregnant. You must have gone to get a snack when they mentioned all the health issues these half sibs had. You can have no issues to donate. He had RA. He was clearly playing God and they spelled this out in the title. He is a psycho path religious fanatic who got a get out of jail free pass. If you know the story like I did (I live within range of Indy) or never heard about it, it is a must see. The number of victims are still climbing.

Criminal

[ztjgzftz · 6/10 · 13 May 2022]

It's hard to imagine that anybody could allow someone to think they are the father of a child for a lifetime and then have them find out they're nothing.

Criminal.

An "okay" documentary about a very interesting topic

[ska-54519 · 5/10 · 18 May 2022]

What a wasted opportunity. This could have been a brilliant documentary. Documentaries should aim to educate and inform, to spark the watcher's interest and make us question. The job of this documentary was only to enrage us. We were told over and over about how bad this was, and far-reaching baseless theories were put out. The main victim daughter did not come across well. Her purpose in life seems to be to punish this man. What he did was wrong. However, a more nuanced documentary that explored the topic without taking such a one-dimensional approach would have respected the intellect of the viewers more. The anti-Christian stance of the documentary was also off-putting. If anything, documentaries like this are "opium for the masses" which leave no space for thinking and ask us to just agree to exactly what the filmmaker's point of view is.

Is he yours?

[d_penn · 6/10 · 29 November 2022]

First of all, I think most normal people wouldn't even consider this kind of crime happens, so this show is seriously eye-opening.

Secondly, the way the story of this series of incidents was told, for someone who didn't actually know the Cline case, everytime the sibling count went up, I was literally clutching my hair, jaw dropped; this documentary was brilliantly directed, hats off. And these are real people, their lives - plus that quiverfull cult thing is so vile, its disgusting it exists and that religious people lead it. Makes sense why people keeping turning atheist, its less to do with god and more with His followers. Devils like Dr. Cline, remorseless at having ruined so many, many lives and using bible to justify himself. And the judge! I was speechless at the court happenings.

I really loved how Jacoba ended the show, her question to those supporting Dr. Cline was on.point.... if she had stopped at threats, the truth might've never come out.

This show shows how real life "devils" like Dr. Cline can be far scarier than any fictional criminal we conjure in our imagination, and how they hide in common citizen skin. And thus is established the importance of DNA test.. . For everyone.

*As a born Hoosier this hits home as he was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Shocking

[Kingslaay · 7/10 · 21 May 2022]

Not a bad documentary from Netflix. But shocking to know about the shocking behaviour of Doctor Cline and specialists like him who abuse their position. A few reasons were put forward as to why he did it. But I feel the main reason he did it was some desire and perversion to flood the world with his DNA and try play god because he simply could. Cline had bad genes due to health issues and knowingly passed this on. He only gratified himself and his ego. A trusted and personal process was abused. Shocking this kind of thing happened and likely continues to happen.

A DOCUMENTARY TO LOOK OUT FOR

[jeromesgabilo · 6/10 · 19 June 2022]

An interesting take on a case that I never would have imagined happening. This is a story documentaries should be aiming for: true, shocking, and well-researched.

An Unconventional Conception Story

[natmavila · 7/10 · 25 October 2023]

Well, folks, "Our Father" is the kind of documentary that leaves you scratching your head, but not necessarily for all the right reasons. The film takes us on a wild ride into the bizarre world of former fertility doc Donald Cline, who apparently thought it was perfectly acceptable to play a real-life game of "Guess Who's Your Daddy?" with his patients' fertility. Now, I can't deny that the sheer audacity of Cline's actions makes for an intriguing story, but it's like watching a train wreck in slow motion - you can't look away, but you also can't help but cringe.

The film's saving grace is the jaw-dropping reactions of those who discovered the truth about their parentage. I mean, who wouldn't be shocked to find out that dear old Doc Cline was secretly the man behind the curtain, pulling all the genetic strings? It's a real-life soap opera that's almost too absurd to believe. But, despite the compelling subject matter, "Our Father" falls short in terms of storytelling finesse. The pacing drags at times, and you can't help but wish for a bit more depth in exploring the emotional turmoil these unsuspecting patients endured. It's an okay watch for those who enjoy a dash of dark humor mixed with their documentaries, but be prepared to walk away with more questions than answers.

Overdramatized mess.

[KyleDial · 5/10 · 12 May 2022]

The story is undoubtably insane and the documentary tells it well in the first half, but it slowly devolves into an overdramatized mess.

One of the siblings thought the doctors motives were a racist way to create more white people, but that completely ignores the fact that none of the original mothers and fathers were non-white.

Another sibling thought the doctor was in a baby making cult because the *Christian* doctor had Bible quotes about pregnancy... in his pregnancy office.

The overdramatizing and wild theories was very unnecessary and seemingly used to extend a story that didn't need to be extended. You could skip the last half and miss nothing.

Keep talking about it

[allisonjoys · 10/10 · 29 May 2022]

I'm not sure which is more shocking- this documentary...or the people who think this documentary isn't shocking. How can anyone say it's no big deal?

There are two main goals here. Keep people aware of what happened and pass laws that protect women from having this happen to them.

Good Story

[oliviakennedy85 · 7/10 · 14 May 2022]

It's a good documentary, juicy story. However does it matter how they where born? They went to a doctor to get donor sperm?

Sounds like they all want money.

The only thing I find wrong with it and illegal Is that the mothers that used there husbands sperm not donors, they are the ones who should press criminal charges.

Also feel sorry for his wife.