Film Preview: Father Figures (2017)

Page Revisions:

(October 1, 2017) Original
(December 10, 2017) Added Image Gallery
(December 17, 2017) New Posters (#1-#3) / Consolidated Bastards Preview

Release Date:

December 22, 2017

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.”

Poster Rating: C / F / F

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Review: (#1) With all of modern technology, how can a poster be this cheap looking? The white background is only a small part of that, the rest is the large faces that are poorly superimposed into a confined space with little effort.

(#2) In these days of simple teasers, you have boring, plain, text-only designs that pass for a valid poster.

(#3) It’s the second poster, except with the new title and a new tagline, which isn’t that clever.

Trailer Rating: C- / C / C

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Review: (#1) Two schmucks embark on a humorless journey to discover who their father is, having to select from a handful of equally unimpressive choices. If that’s not what audiences take away from this trailer, then they deserve what the film will likely ultimately be.

(#2 & #3) This Green Band and Red Band combination are essentially the same trailer with a few notable differences, including a flowery use of language that isn’t just used to score cheap R-rated points. The film itself looks like a pleasant time-waster with decent actors doing sub-par, but humorous work.