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6.3/10
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A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
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- TriviaThe logline for the film includes the phrase "Inspired by a true story. Like, this literally happened to me." Written by, directed by and starring James Morosini, it's based on something that actually happened between the filmmaker and his father.
- GoofsDuring one of the first scenes on Franklin & Chuck's trip from Massachusetts to Maine, the license plate on Chuck's car switches from Maine (where his character lives) to New York (where the film was shot), and then back again for the remainder of the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Half in the Bag: I Love My Dad, Watcher and Vengeance (2022)
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All kinds of wrong, but an interesting movie.
Franklin needs his dad Chuck, but after one broken promise after another, Franklin blocks his dad out, his only way of connecting, is by catfishing his son, the lie gets bigger and bigger.
This film was so much better than it should have been, after ten minutes or so I was ready to switch off, I'm actually glad I stuck with it.
I'm not sure I bought this as a comedy, I think I felt a little too sorry for Franklin to be able to laugh at anything that happened to him. There were some nice father/son moments, a couple of actual meaningful sequences.
I think it's the sheer outrageousness of the story that makes this film so utterly watchable, amazing to think it's actually inspired by real life events.
So it plays out like a hand grenade with the pin pulled out, you're just waiting for it to go off, and of course it does.
Is it like the worst possible thing you could do to someone, especially someone who's been dealing with mental health issues, ouch.
I rather enjoyed it.
7/10.
This film was so much better than it should have been, after ten minutes or so I was ready to switch off, I'm actually glad I stuck with it.
I'm not sure I bought this as a comedy, I think I felt a little too sorry for Franklin to be able to laugh at anything that happened to him. There were some nice father/son moments, a couple of actual meaningful sequences.
I think it's the sheer outrageousness of the story that makes this film so utterly watchable, amazing to think it's actually inspired by real life events.
So it plays out like a hand grenade with the pin pulled out, you're just waiting for it to go off, and of course it does.
Is it like the worst possible thing you could do to someone, especially someone who's been dealing with mental health issues, ouch.
I rather enjoyed it.
7/10.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $101,508
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $54,641
- Aug 7, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $116,327
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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