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Critics Consensus: Success has many fathers, but failure is Father Figures.
Critic Consensus: Success has many fathers, but failure is Father Figures.
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All Critics (46) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (38)
Father Figures is not just painfully anti-charming, it is transparently desperate.
"Father Figures" is what happens when you throw a comedy and the laughs forget to show up.
Distinguished mainly by its overqualified cast and lack of inspiration, "Father Figures" can't decide whether it's a gross-out comedy or an uplifting tale of brotherly love; it embraces the worst of both worlds.
At first [Helms and Wilson] seem incompatible. But their journey through family secrets delivers surprising charm.
Director Sher shows no special affinity for comic pacing or enlivening dialogue scenes, so the movie just plods from scene to scene, building no momentum.
Would you like to watch Wilson and a young child urinate on each other in a rest stop bathroom? Thought not.
One thing is for certain, in the case of Father Figures, (parental) anonymity would have been best for everyone involved.
Oh Warner Bros. R-rated comedies, you used to be my guilty pleasure, but now you're my mortal enemy.
A movie entirely without consequence, about people we don't care much for, a plot of impossible silliness, and situations that seem hauled through the grinder of exhausted mid-tempo farce.
Virtually everything about this movie feels off, starting with the unconvincing casting of Owen Wilson and Ed Helms as twins
It's difficult to ascertain what's harder to take in this laugh-free comedy: the sentimental bits or the expected dashes of witless crudity.
Father Figures is a swing and a miss, unfortunately. Despite its talented cast, Sher and Malen can't provide them with enough entertaining or cogent material to sell this half-hearted comedy.
The film is very funny at times but like Wilson's other attempt at high range comedy, The Big Year, it struggles to maintain a story and the crude humour. You look at the talented cast and you expect something much more interesting but seeing what has happened to the choices Wilson has made of recent time, you can't help but feel disappointed. The ending will some up what is wrong with the film, they attempt to make you care after all the pointless jokes, why wasn't a DNA test ever considered? The film is good for a once only but you'll forget it exists and move right along to another comedy that misses the mark. This is exactly what is wrong with comedies at this current moment and time, they lack true comedy and fail to engage the actors hired to portray the slim characters. This could have been a fun indie film but with a large budget it sinks in typical Hollywood disarray. 12/11/2018.
Super Reviewer
LAW & ORDER: SVU is used as the pivotal plot device that sets everything in motion. It's the best joke in the movie.
Another typical roadtrip movie where two brothers go searching for their long lost father. Perfectly passable for passing the time. Nothing more. You've seen it all before really.
The cast is the only thing that holds Father Figures together, but it doesn't do it for long. It's just a bad movie.
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