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Old Dads

Play trailer Poster for Old Dads R Released Oct 13, 2023 1h 42m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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27% Tomatometer 44 Reviews 84% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Three best friends become fathers later in life and find themselves battling preschool principals, millennial CEOs and anything created after 1987.
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With Old Dads, Bill Burr shows signs of promise as a filmmaker -- but they're largely muffled by his fitfully funny screenplay's reliance on tired jokes about generational divides.

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If you're a Bill Burr fan, then Old Dads' brand of culture clash comedy should be good for plenty of solid laughs.

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John Anderson Wall Street Journal The writing sometimes collapses into overkill, but sometimes it is precisely on point. Oct 23, 2023 Full Review Oliver Jones Observer Rather than challenge himself, Burr instead uses the film to adapt his schtick into a three-hander bro comedy addressing the generational divide regarding modern mores and language. Rated: 2/4 Oct 23, 2023 Full Review Todd McCarthy Deadline Hollywood Daily A boorish and obnoxiously vulgar comedy that, since it can’t claim any other great distinction, might well have been expressly written to break the all-time record for use of the f-word in the major studio movie. Oct 20, 2023 Full Review Karl Puschmann New Zealand Herald It’s well-made, if nearly entirely predictable, and because Burr essentially just transplanted his stand-up set straight into Jack’s mouth, it’s often laugh-out-loud funny. Feb 12, 2025 Full Review Chase Hutchinson The Inlander (Spokane, WA) To even call Old Dads a movie feels like a gross overstatement as it hardly meets the requirements to be considered one. Instead, it is like a series of recycled stand-up bits that Burr has already done better before. Here, he just bombs over and over. Jan 4, 2024 Full Review tt stern-enzi Fox19 (Cincinnati, OH) Bill Burr looks like he's doing stand-up during most of it. Bobby Cannavale is hilarious in a very broad, crazy, zany kind of way... Rated: B- Nov 15, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Danny M This an absolute must must watch if you love comedy. It reminds me of older comedies from the early 90's for some reason that eludes me. Bill Burr is a standout. He's a comedic genius and when he hits his jokes they hit hard. The plot could be about anything because of the level of bill's performance. Watched it for the 3rd time today. A movie that's re-watchable for me comes in about 1 out 30 movies. A fun movie for the whole family! If you don't mind your kids being exposed to Bill's very occasional cursing. 5 stars Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/15/25 Full Review Jack S Pros: Bill Burr's acting has become seamless and believable. His comedic mind is one of the best of his generation. The first half of the movie is like the first half of his career: brutally honest, on the edge, uncompromising, blunt, masculine and brilliant. A comic at the top of his game. Cons: the second half of the movie is like the second half of his career. Timid, tepid, apologetic. The brilliant mind remains but he seems as if he has to ask permission now for his balls to hang out. The three men characters compromise at the wrong times for the wrong reasons to overbearing, narcissistic wives and girlfriends, sealing over the cracks the men created to reseal the bubble of denial and disillusionment these women inhabit and require of their men too. Choose solitude and loneliness next time, guys! When the main character in the end is kneeling and crying with a baby in his arms and saying he'll go to therapy, instead of it being touching, it is as if he's accepted the values of the cult and is begging at the altar for absolution. Burr has officially become the post Yoko John Lennon of comedy. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/30/25 Full Review Emmitt 2 If you love Bill Burr you will love this movie! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/20/25 Full Review Audience Member He does use some expressions that are considered inappropriate when talking around seniors, but he doesn't talk to older people in the movie other than the one who does it even more. He was not inappropriate at all. My personal opinion is that he was not angry enough in the situation his character was in. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/27/25 Full Review s m hmm, can't imagine why all the typical critics don't like this film??, anyway maybe some points and observations made in a bit of a blunt, not to subtle way, but overall a well acted, decent film Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review Audience Member This one hit close to home not only because of the aged fathers but the relatability of trying to understand the current generation. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Three best friends become fathers later in life and find themselves battling preschool principals, millennial CEOs and anything created after 1987.
Director
Bill Burr
Producer
Mike Bertolina, Bill Block, Bill Burr, Monica Levinson, Ben Tishler
Screenwriter
Bill Burr, Ben Tishler
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Miramax, All of Us Productions, All Things Comedy
Rating
R (Pervasive Language|Nudity|Brief Drug Use|Sexual Material)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 13, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 20, 2023
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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