Old Dads
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.
Wokeness: 80%
Overall Score: 30%
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Bill H
Created: 10-22-2023
Rick
Typical feminist tropes
I know this movie is attempting to highlight the absurdity of modern wokeness, but it does so only from the "protagonists'" view. I'd say the Old Dads are more the antagonists. In the environment they live in, thier viewpoints are canceled out by the sheeple's acceptance of wokeness out of fear of getting canceled themselves, making them look like they're in the wrong for not boot-licking the DEI narrative that Hollywood loves to cram down our throats (again, out of fear of being canceled). Also the film doesn't take a look at it's own 3rd wave feminist elements. Throughout the story the men are painted as dinosaurs, out of touch, toxically masculine and in need of change just for being men. Have you ever heard of a husband getting mad and making his wife pack up and leave their home and children? The day this happens and no one freaks out, women will have achieved equality. I'm guessing they don't want to be equal if they have to suffer what men do. What was Burr thinking?
Created: 10-25-2023
Aj
No woke, but kinda boring
Ok, I don’t know where these other 4/5 reviews came from but as a 30yr old conservative father who unfortunately lives in NY and sees wokeism daily.. this film is not woke at all, even though its whole premise it on wokeism.. apparently the plot went over the other guys heads, because even though we all love to say to ourselves “if someone said that to me I’d say go **** yourself” or something similar.. yeah that’s a cool concept and nice thought that if some woke Ahole said some nonsense to you, you’d put them in their place.. what Bill Bur is trying to say is that when you live in a super lefty state (takes place in Massachusetts) it becomes near impossible to avoid it, and it has taken over everything.. you either rebel and get taken down in flames by any institution that carry’s any weight, or you bite your tongue and comply… it’s good to think that if faced with that situation we wouldn’t burn down in flames and we’d come out on top.. but unfortunately the reality is when you have a career and family in a very deep blue state and city.. you have to pick your battles wisely or you will crash and burn if you have something to lose.. which is why the film is kind of boring.. it would be so much better if Bill Bur made their lives miserable and did it in a funny way, and came out as the hero, but he was going for a more realistic approach.
Created: 12-30-2023
Pha-Q woke
Just Terrible.
So the previous two reviews could both be right. I guess it depends on how you personally see the movie. I tend to see it as very woke. The Gen X fathers are shown as old out of touch problematic toxic males. They are afraid to stand up for themselves against the woke beta male feminist crowd and end up bending the knee admitting they are the problem and then change to become woke 'better' people. Staying silent and giving in makes you a coward and part of the problem. This is the worst thing you can do. The woke idiot infection needs to be called out and ridiculed and giving in does nothing but make them think they are right and make it worse. This is a terrible, awful movie.
Created: 05-30-2024
