Old Dads

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Old Dads

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Released Oct 13, 2023

1h 42m

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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John G

I love Bill Burr, but everyone was so ridiculously/unrealistically unfair to his character in this movie that it made it hard to watch. I get that it's supposed to be a bit farcical and make a point. And there is a bit of justice at the very end. I also think Burr's message about needing to take responsibility for how one reacts to situations (e.g., lashing out when angry versus not) is important—I'm just not a fan of the "everything the main character does is wrong" trope.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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Bryan B

Being the age of the dad's in this one it hits home with most of the jokes. It could have actually taken more risks and been even funnier.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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Andrew L

It was ok. I used to live bill burr, being a Boston guy myself. He used to have a hard edge, which he does in the movie and basically shows what I think happened to him in real life. He got married and had kids and moved to LA and drinks the kool aid. His wife in the movie basically cuts his balls off when he points out the bullshit he sees around him and at the end, he changes into a pansy. No wonder kids grow up to think their all very special unicorns and can do no wrong.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/28/25

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Shane O

Good fun worth a watch , it misers that mark on a few jokes but over all enjoyable

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Russell H

He was funny in this but I wish it didn't take itself so seriously at times. Could have been way funnier without a message.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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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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