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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Audience Says

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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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

WXIX-TV (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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Mark Jackson

Epoch Times

Bill Burr's stand-up comedy rocks, his acting is surprisingly good, and his directing debut is promising. Especially since "Old Dads" advocates for a demographic that doesn't get a lot of visibility these days.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 4, 2023

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James D

The principal played such a great stuck up cun and the wife played such a great unsupportive nag btch that I had to stop watching the movie 5stars

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Andrew S

Amazes me that the critics gave this (and other great movies) such a crappy rating — this movie is fantastic! It’s funny and touching and covers complex social issues with humor and intelligence. The cast is great, the story’s great, not a moment of boredom. Bill Burr knocked one out of the park.. highly recommend.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/09/24

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Aminder D

Great movie from Bill Burr. "Generational Divide" doesn't encompass the movie very well. The movie tackles relationship issues many people face and can relate to. It targets a demographic that's viewpoints might see antiquated, but is highly unrepresented in todays age. Bill Burr's acting was much better than I had anticipated. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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Angel C

I couldn't watch it, had to turn it off bc SO SO SO much cursing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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James A

i really liked the bill burr's character

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

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David W

Both sides of these reviews have valid points but simply saying “this captures the generational divide” falls short of what goes on in the movie. Bill Burr is actually more subtle than one might expect in his ability to show that there are both positives and negatives with every generation. By going to the extremes, like so many people seem to do, we lose the best of both worlds. By contrasting them so starkly in the beginning and finding the balance at the end, Bill Burr shows us a picture of someone who can embrace both sides of arguments and gives us a breath of fresh air in a world that is so divisive.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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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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