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.

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Yeah, I'm… I'mma do it. I'm gonna bring Maddy up.

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I'm… I'mma bring Maddy up because I'm her father. -And because I love her. -[Marion] I know you love her. Do you know that I love her, Marion, because I doubt that you really do. I have no doubt you love that baby. I have no doubt you loved my Liz.

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But you wanna keep Maddy to yourself because you need a life raft.

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I'm sorry I messed up your plan.

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You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. You catch even more with a flyswatter. Marion!

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If there's one piece of advice that I could give you about bringing up a kid… Let go.

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Look, as a parent, we do all this shit, right? Trying to make everything perfect.

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[chuckles] But we don't have any control.

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You just have to accept that fact.

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Liz loved you.

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And it made me happy to see that.

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And I also saw how much you loved her.

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Yeah.

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You are a, um… You're a good father.

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She was lucky to have you, Mike.

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Thanks.

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Hmm.

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[inspirational instrumental music playing]

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[indistinct chattering]

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I had an aunt who died this past year. She was 99.

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