PREVIEW: Fatherhood (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kevin Hart (The Upside), Alfre Woodard (Clemency), Melody Hurd (Trick), Anthony Carrigan (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), Paul Reiser (Beverly Hills Cop), Deborah Ayorinde (Girls Trip), DeWanda Wise (Steam), Teneisha Collins (Boost)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Paul Weitz (Grandma), director, writer; Dana Stevens (City of Angels), writer; Marty Bowen (First Man), Kevin Hart (Night School) and Peter Kiernan (6 Balloons), producers; Rupert Gregson-Williams (Hacksaw Ridge), composer; Tobias Datum (Bel Canto), cinematographer; Jay Cassidy (A Star Is Born), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After his wife unexpectedly dies after giving birth, Matthew Logelin (Hart) is left to raise his daughter Maddy (Hurd) as a single parent…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Kevin Hart gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this tender, heartfelt ode to parenting, based on the real-life memoirs of Matthew Logelin.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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