Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

not horrible nor great

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

At first, I thought this was based on a Pulitzer Prize-Winning book. I was fooled. The book referred to in this movie is fictional only, but I would have given the writer of this book something highly unforgotten because this movie is prize-worthy alone. Never mind the potential as a book here. You wonder why a lot of movies don't come from books and novels rather than just screen- writers, but I really do hope Brad Desch got something for writing and producing this script. The acting was prize-worthy as well. Did this movie win anything? It should have. I would watch this over and over again! It is a gripping and emotionally-inspired work of art! Every part of this movie seems like it could have been based on a real story. We all need proper parental guidance and unfortunately some parents didn't get the proper guidance they need when they were in need of their parents. To all parents, including fathers and father figures....the youth need you to properly guide them NOW! Our future well-being is non-existent without your proper parental or guardian guidance. Top-notch drama film, well-deserved 8 Stars!

After his wife's death, Russell Crowe can't cope with being a single father. He may be a beloved successful writer, but he has deep psychological problems. Twenty-five years later, his daughter Amanda Seyfried is getting her masters in psychology and volunteering at a children's center. The film cuts back and forth between the past and the present, and while normally I don't like those types of movies, Fathers & Daughters is an exception.For some unknown reason, this film was completely ignored during awards season, even though the acting is phenomenal and Brad Desch's script is powerful. Russell Crowe gives the type of performance that is deserving of an Oscar, but he didn't even get a nomination. He hasn't shown off his acting chops like this in over ten years. Kylie Rogers plays his little girl, and her performance in the film is incredible and heart-wrenching. I hope she has a marvelous career as she grows up; child actresses with that much talent are hard to find. I thought Amanda Seyfried would cheapen the film with her lack of talent, but surprisingly, she wasn't bad. Her character is written to have tons of problems, so her unlikability isn't really her fault. While I may be critical of actors sometimes, I'm the first to admit when someone shows their hidden talents, and Amanda has a couple of very well-acted scenes in the film.This is a very heavy movie, so get out your Kleenexes and have the pause button ready; you'll need to take a couple of breaks and have a good cry. I watched it with my mom, but anyone brave enough to watch it with her dad will probably shed twice as many tears. Rent it, though, even if you need to watch it by yourself. It's worth it.

We watched this at home on DVD from our public library.I know Russell Crowe gets his share of criticism, some deserved some not, but I have always enjoyed the roles he creates, and this movie is another good one for him. He is novelist and Pulitzer winner Jake Davis. He has a wife and young daughter, an accident takes away his wife, and his injuries require him to leave for 7 months to get treatment, including shock therapy for his tremors. During this time young Katie lives with her aunt and uncle and their two young boys.The movie is edited such that it shifts back and forth, when Katie was very young then 25 years later when she was a social worker and going for her graduate degree. The grown Katie is Amanda Seyfried and the young Katie is played by Dallas native Kylie Rogers.Grown Katie is a mess and it seems a result of losing her mother then her dad. She says she is "empty" and cannot have feelings for anyone, but then she meets Aaron Paul, freelance reporter in New York, as Cameron. The story is not easy to watch at times but the focus is on the love bind between Katie and her dad, and then Katie's attempts at finding normalcy as an adult.Good movie!

While it sometimes falls into the mawkish and twee (largely thanks to Brad Desch sometimes to sappy script), The Pursuit of Happiness and Seven Pounds director Gabriele Muccino's Russell Crowe led box office misfire Fathers and Daughters is an unfortunately critically derided drama that packs a powerful and thoughtful emotional wallop and features noteworthy performances from all its main cast members whose commitment to their respective roles makes this poignant story all the more effective.Fathers and Daughters has been called out by critics who've labelled the film "manipulative" and "extremely saccharine" but for those that found Muccino's work on his quietly effective and well regarded aforementioned Will Smith star vehicles will once more find the filmmaker on fine form with this drama as Fathers and Daughters creates an intriguing and never uninvolving tale of love, loss and ones battle with mental demons and how Muccino structures his film to keep a majority of the films major reveals till the end of the story will have many viewers waiting on baited breath as Muccino cast each make their marks in various timelines and plot lines.Showing a different side to himself than what is the usual, Russell Crowe acquits himself well as tortured writer Jake Davis whose battling physical problems as well as mental while he tries to be the father he needs to be to his daughter Katie played impressively by relative newcomer Kylie Rogers. Scenes between Jake and Katie play out well thanks to these two actors and a believable bond between a father and his daughter emerges, setting up a fine groundwork for Muccino's other timeline.Jumping forward to our present day, a grown up Katie now played by the perhaps career best Amanda Seyfried starts a budding relationship with Aaron Paul's (continuing on his rich vein of post Breaking Bad form) wannabe writer Cameron. This story line of Fathers and Daughters creates a strong link to what has come before as past merges with the present and emotionally resonate issues dealt with here, while not always easy to handle, are handled with care and compassion and there's little doubt as to why this films script was once listed on the famed Black List as one of the best unmade stories written for the screen.If one were to take a microscope to Fathers and Daughters there's a number of obvious faults along the way and a tendency to misfire from time to time but when this film clicks, and it clicks far more often than many critics would've had you believe, Fathers and Daughters becomes a truly powerful study of life and love and offers up its well renowned cast members a chance to show their considerable acting chops with portrayals of characters that while floored, remain true, engaging and sometimes beautifully real.4 potato chips out of 5