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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungBringing good old-fashioned Mediterranean emotion to a screenplay that feels oh so familiar, this modern-day weepie unapologetically plays to the crowd rather than the critics.
- 40Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounThe list of co-stars – Jane Fonda, Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul – is so impressive that it’s hard to know what attracted everyone to such a soapy, cloying script.
- 40Village VoiceAbbey BenderVillage VoiceAbbey BenderWhile Fathers and Daughters has a strong cast (including a brief appearance by Jane Fonda), it largely saddles them with one-dimensional roles and too-obvious emotional cues.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe sum of Fathers and Daughters is so much less than each of its individual parts. A misshapen attempt at maudlin (not unlike Muccino’s other Hollywood films), it enrages, here and there, but rarely touches or moves us.
- 12Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film's weird reformulation of the Electra complex is nothing short of a sexist fantasy of salvation.