Fatherhood
Fatherhood is a 2021 American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Weitz from a screenplay by Weitz and Dana Stevens based on the 2011 memoir Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love by Matthew Logelin. The film stars Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Frankie R. Faison, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise, Anthony Carrigan, Melody Hurd, and Paul Reiser, and follows a new father who struggles to raise his daughter after the sudden death of his wife. Originally scheduled to be released in theaters by Sony Pictures Releasing, Fatherhood was sold to Netflix during the COVID-19 pandemic and was digitally released on June 18, 2021. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for its formulaic approach but the emotional weight and Hart's against-type performance receiving praise.
-I need you to go to Croatia. -Croatia? Yeah, just for a month. Just set up the office there. That's all. Why don't you send Oscar? His wife's Croatian. He speaks Croatian. -He does? -Yes. Yeah, I don't care. I'm gonna send you. I trust you. Howard, that's tough, man. That… that's really tough for me. I don't know if I can leave Maddy for over a month. I can't do that. It's an opportunity. College tuition's not gettin' any cheaper. College tuition? I'm trying to get through the week. Yeah, well, hey, that's how it happens. Think about it.
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Uh… I don't think we're gonna be seeing much of Swan anymore. Why not? Because Swan and I broke up. What? You didn't talk to me about that! I did not talk to you about it because I don't need your permission. Call her and say you're still going out. No. It doesn't work like that. So make it work. Stop. You're pushin' it. I don't even know why you're actin' like you care. You didn't even wanna meet her. [Maddy] Yeah, but now I know her. And we need more people. -Other people have more people. -What are you talking about, Maddy? It's always just us. Oh, I'm sorry for being your dad. I'm sorry for bein' around. Is that what you want?
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It's not even just us all the time. You got Jordan. You got Oscar. You got Poker Sundays. Swan's not at Poker Sunday. Because Swan does not play poker. I don't care! I like her, and I like my grandmas and Grandpa Mike. And we never see them! Okay, what are you talkin' about? Where are we goin'? How come, when something good happens, it always gets taken away?
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I don't have an answer for that. And I don't have an answer for anything else you wanna ask me. Don't ask me no more questions. For the rest of the day, for the whole flight, I'm not answerin' nothin' else that you ask me. Do you hear me? Question time is over. I give you an inch, you take a mile. Carry your bag. -Uh! -What? Who you uh-ing? Who-- Hey, stop stompin', I'll tell you that much. We are going to have so much fun. Your cousins are waiting for you, Maddy. Yeah, wait till you see your room, girl. [chuckles] It is fabulous. -[Marion laughs] -[Mike] Yeah, come on in. [Marion] That's your art on the wall there. [chuckles] Cool. [Marion chuckles] I like to unpack, because I don't like things to be all in a jumble in my luggage, and I can't find anything.
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Hey, should we take a little Mommy tour around the neighborhood? -Yeah. -Just the two of us. Come on. That's where your mommy's best friend, Anastacia, lived. Stacy. There's a creek behind their house, and they used to go off in there, diggin' up tadpoles. [Maddy chuckles] And they would bring all of that smelly mess and mud into my kitchen. And then, every Saturday morning, this is where your mom would come and play soccer! -[upbeat instrumental music playing] -[Marion chuckles]
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