2012 · comedy
That's My Boy
Directed by Sean Anders1h 56m2012
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
Our read: That's My Boy (2012) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
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