Dad Of One Reviews

Not sure I under why this one got such bad reviews. In a lot of ways I think this is actually a masterful piece of story telling, it is very down to Earth and real in a lot of senses and it is a perfect chaser to something like Nimona if you want a completely different approach to making a topic more approachable and understandable.  My rough review is here: Quality: 7/10 Story: 8/10 Message: 10/10 Overall: 8/10 Quality: Obviously with a big budget studio behind it, the quality is pretty high. Also, it is animated which really helps I think. It is visually impressive and cohesive. I don't really have a lot to say here which does seem at odds with the high rating. But, for animated films I feel like quality is more of a gut-check thing for the most part. Story: The story is a lot of things. It is clearly about discrimination, most notably cultural. It is also about the bonds between parents and their children. And it dives a bit into loss as well. But, those are also more about the ...

Rented this one a couple of weeks back and watched with my wife and daughter. This is one of the first movies in a long time which my daughter has not watched on repeat. And that says a lot, for a few reasons; she watches almost everything repeatedly, this was a Google TV rental so we only had it for a few days (and she gets FOMO about access disappearing to movies/shows) and it was about a topic she is OBSESSED with; teenagers. My daughter is not a teenager. She just idolizes everything about teenagers and high school because she is a pre-teen. (Yeah, that's a cop out answer). So, Ruby Gillman. It is a nice coming of age story with some good family messages and some weak attempts at some messaging about friendships. I can't really imagine an age group it wouldn't be appropriate to watch around so it is pretty good in that respect. And while it isn't a bad movie, I don't think anyone in our family would have labelled it as a good one either. My rough ratings are as ...