Our Father

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Our Father

2021

1h 36m

Comedy

Drama

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Two sisters (Baize Buzan and Allison Torem) go in search of a long-forgotten uncle.

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Trace Sauveur

Austin Chronicle

It finds its footing closer to the halfway mark as an offbeat odyssey with outwardly small tangible stakes, but calamitous emotional ones... the feeling becomes less of a clumsy one and more of a specific vibe to get in tune with.

Mar 25, 2021

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

There are bits of compelling elements in all of these people, but they hardly feel grounded, and in turn their journey is less emotional.

Mar 22, 2021

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Mitchell Beaupre

Awards Radar

Smith can’t quite hit the landing of making it feel intentionally hollow.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 22, 2022

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Ayeen Forootan

In Review Online

[Bradley Grant Smith] sets the bar too low and doesn't do enough to upend the film's considerable convention.

Jun 6, 2021

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John Fink

The Film Stage

Our Father is ultimately a mixed bag of a film, with moving moments often punctuated with frustrating ones.

Rated: C+

Apr 3, 2021

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Aaron Peterson

The Hollywood Outsider

What begins as a compellingly quirky dark comedy, captivating us with the honesty of this obviously fractured family, loses focus and momentum as it rolls into its final moments

Rated: 5.5/10

Apr 1, 2021

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A T

I worked on this movie, so I am somewhat biased, but by that same token I should be biased AGAINST it. So this is a 100% balanced review. Brad Smith's writing is sharp and warm at once, and the way these characters glide through the world, from shot to shot and brilliant side-character to side-character, is exactly how it feels to be stuck in the uncertainty of one's twenties and early-thirties, as well as under a cloud of grief. I find myself sometimes pulling up this movie and skipping to a random scene, as if pulling up an old memory of a friend long-passed. This is a truly independent film. It's funny, it's melancholy, its score is undeniably great. Watch it for a living, unvarnished story.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/24/23

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Audience Member

Absolutely amazing anti-queer-baiting show <3

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Synopsis

Two sisters (Baize Buzan and Allison Torem) go in search of a long-forgotten uncle.

Director: Bradley Grant Smith
Producer: Steven Callas, Ian Keiser, Zoe Lubeck, Alex Thompson
Screenwriter: Bradley Grant Smith
Production Co: Easy Open Productions, Some Film Company, Runaway Train
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 5, 2021
Runtime: 1h 36m

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