Fatherhood

 

Fatherhood is a true story about a man who loses his wife due to a complication after she gave birth and who then needs to figure out how to raise his newborn daughter. The man goes into a hospital with his wife and leaves only with his baby. Can you imagine living through something like that. The movie centers on him learning how to take care of her and the struggles he faces as a single father. His friends and family doubt his ability to raise Maddy. His former mother in law is constantly stepping on his toes and they often end up in arguments each stemming from their own grieve. Matt learns that he can’t always have all the answers and starts focusing on trying to honor his wife’s memory and doing what is best for his daughter. You see him navigate years of fatherhood and trying to move on in his work life and romantic life. Ultimately is was a beautiful story of a loving father.

This movie was an absolute tear jerker. I started crying within the first few minutes and didn’t stop until it was over. It was such an emotional movie and you can’t help but imagine what that situation would feel like and sympathize for Matt, but he didn’t let the circumstances hold him back he always powered through every struggle for his daughter. 

I thought Kevin Hart was absolutely brilliant in this performance. I think I am use to him playing more comedic roles and wasn’t sure if he would really be able to pull this off but I was completely wrong. He killed it. It was heart wrenching and I felt the story as it I was living it myself, it was truly beautiful.

I think the only thing I wish was done better from a production/script standpoint was the ending. Typically when a movie is based on a true story they end telling you what happened after the ending. Did the person get their dream job, was the couple happily married for 40 years, did the person die in war, etc. In this movie we don’t get that, we don’t know where Maddie and Matt are or what happened to them after the credits roll.

Still this movie is a 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.