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Comedy 102 min R
Rotten Tomatoes27%Metacritic42IMDb
Times have changed. They didn't get the fax.
A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.
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Read the whole review on TMDBR-rated comedy “Old Dads” is not particularly bad and not particularly good, but it is entertaining, disposable entertainment. Directed and co-written by comedian Bill Burr, the film has some funny (if sometimes stale) jokes and a watered-down premise that makes it mostly a throwaway. In other words, it’s your typical mass-produced Netflix movie. Best friends and business partners Jack (Burr), Connor (Bobby Cannavale), and Mike (Bokeem Woodbine) became fathers later in life. The trio finds that raising kids in your late 40s isn’t easy, and they decide to sell their successful sports apparel company to an eccentric millennial CEO (Miles Robbins). The gang are subsequently cut out of their business, which makes Jack boil over with anger. This spreads into his everyday life, from causing a rift with his pregnant wife (Katie Aselton) and starting a battle with his son’s ultra-progressive preschool principal (Rachael Harris). Leaning on his buddies to help him get his life under control, Jack and the boys go on a quest that takes them through the streets of Los Angeles and the strip clubs of Palm Springs. The comedy is raunchy, vulgar, and aimed at people who are angry at the modern pol
Read the whole review on TMDBActing was boring, by the numbers and uninspired. The script was apparently written by AI. Inputs included: Stereotypical grumpy old men + Diversity + Safe boring jokes + Predictable ending. I really wish I hadn't wasted my time.
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