Review of Fatherhood

Fatherhood (I) (2021)
7/10
Predictable story, but still feel good
18 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Well I learned two ways babies poop and how Kevin Hart described them.

A brand new Netflix film starring Kevin Hart as a single father trying to raise his daughter.

When I saw Kevin Hart being the character in the movie, I automatically assumed that it was a comedy. Well, I was half wrong. It's mostly a drama with quite a bit of comedy. Instead of being goofy, Kevin played a calm and sad father who was still recovering from the death of his wife. He portrayed the character well and I bought his emotion and struggle as a grieving father.

The first half was Kevin Hart struggling with taking care of the screaming baby. It wasn't a surprise that Kevin's character almost lost his marbles. It's every parents' early worst nightmare. I bet my mom related to this because she often told me about how she used to raise me. Overall, this part and the montage provided good comedy and weird situations that many parent would laugh and relate to.

The meat of the story was the relationship between the father and the daughter characters, and I enjoyed their chemistry a lot. The girl who played the daughter was good and she showed the strong and a bit rebellious side of the character. In addition, they also dealt with another character coming into their life. They all were sweet and had fun moments together.

The story itself was done many times before. There wasn't anything surprising or shocking that made this movie stand out. The side characters were straightforward and each only had one job to do in the movie. The conflict and ending in the movie were also obvious, and sometimes even felt overdramatic. However, the sweet relationship between the main characters and the comedy made me feel good and smile often. Not gonna lie, but I still feel emotional despite the predictability.

Overall, a story that was done before, but I still felt good and satisfied. 7.5/10.
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