2018 · comedy
Dad Friend
Directed by François Desagnat1h 40m2018
Stéphane defers his frustration at not having had a son on his sons-in-law. So when her younger daughter decides to leave a rugby player than the idolatrous father for a doctor he can not stand, he will do everything to get his son-in-law back. His daughter will not let it go.
Our read: Dad Friend (2018) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
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