Posted: September 30, 2014 | Author: Donald | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Adam Driver, Bill Hader, Connie Britton, Corey Stoll, Craig Johnson, Dax Shepard, Debra Monk, Dennis Tripper, Dominique Pinon, Israel Horovitz, Jason Bateman, Joanna Gleason, Katherine Hahn, Kevin Kline, Kristen Wiig, Kristin Scott Thomas, Luke Wilson, Maggie Smith, Mark Heyman, My Old Lady, Rose Byrne, The Skeleton Twins, This Is Where I Leave You, Timothy Olyphant, Tina Fey | 7,434 Comments »
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Warning: SPOILERS
Gosh darn, daddy’s seem to be dropping like flies this month. Three movies have opened lately in which the pater familias is no longer in the picture. Not only that, it’s these fathers that often seem to be getting the brunt of the blame for the way their kids have turned out.
I guess it’s kind of convenient for all the characters involved, then, that the man from whose loins they were loosed is no longer around to defend himself.
But, you know, whatever, I guess. At any rate, he’s dead, dead, dead. And just won’t let us forget it.
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