Fatherhood

This film was not on my radar at all when I first heard about it but the one thing that made it interesting to me was Kevin Hart was in the lead and it was NOT a comedy and I love it when comedic actors do non comedic roles so I had to check this film out.

Starting with the positives and this is easy, Kevin Hart is fantastic in this film. He is like a completely different person in this film. He doesn't overcook his performance, in fact he manages to keep it really subtle and serious and he proves he is a genuine actor who has plenty of versatility. I love his comedy work but I would like to see him do more work like this.

I also really liked the story for this film. Watching this man struggle to cope and raise his child all on his own made this a very compelling watch and I'm going to try and word this carefully but whilst I understand that many women struggle to singlehandedly raise their children, I really liked that it explore how men can struggle as well. There's one scene where Kevin Harts character goes to a woman's children group meet to seek advice and they remind him that the group is for women only. It's makes it so true that the man side of this story is really under seen.

This is also a film that is trying to send out multiple messages out and without going into spoilers, I think it does a really good job at doing that.

Unfortunately it's not a perfect film so let's move onto the negatives. And the big thing that comes to mind is this is a film we have all seen before in some form or another so it doesn't do anything different or new to reinvent this type of story. We've seen plenty of films do this story a bit better if I'm honest.

And finally besides Kevin Harts character, the rest of the characters can be very annoying to the point of being unbearable.

Overall whilst there's a few kinks, this is a really good film with a fantastic performance from Kevin Hart that has the potential to rejuvenate his career.

⭐⭐⭐