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  • 2022
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2022
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary Jacoba Ballard was an only child, conceived via donor sperm, who always dreamed of having a brother or sister. An at-home DNA test led her to the discovery of not one but seven half-siblings – a number that defied best practices in fertility medicine. As the group set out to learn more about their curious family tree, they soon discovere...

Directed By: Lucie Jourdan

  • 2022
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2022
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 37 m

Our Father

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
45
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary Jacoba Ballard was an only child, conceived via donor sperm, who always dreamed of having a brother or sister. An at-home DNA test led her to the discovery of not one but seven half-siblings – a number that defied best practices in fertility medicine. As the group set out to learn more about their curious family tree, they soon discovere...

Directed By: Lucie Jourdan

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
45
30% Positive
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
30% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
45
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40% Mixed
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30% Negative
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80
May 12, 2022
It is the siblings — their anguish and their anger, as well as the compassion they extend to one another — that drive the narrative.
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 16, 2022
For how borderline cheesy the movie is on occasion, director Lucie Jourdan does an excellent job of emphasizing the heinous nature of the doctor's actions, while humanizing the patients and making the children's plight sympathetic.
By Sarah Milner FULL REVIEW
50
May 13, 2022
At the moment, far too many true crime documentaries function as little more than an episode of “Dateline.” They report information but lack analysis or even thoughtful ideas about how to use the medium of film to tell a story at once shocking and infuriating. Such is the case with Our Father on Netflix.
By Nina Metz FULL REVIEW
40
May 11, 2022
The sense of violation that this story entails is almost palpable, and "Our Father" certainly conveys that. If only the filmmakers had trusted the audience enough to present it in a more unadorned manner.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
40
May 9, 2022
Our Father’s failures aren’t in its lurid source material, but in its leering execution.
By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW
25
May 11, 2022
While what Cline did and the fight his victims took to find justice is a truth worth knowing and learning, Jourdan’s crass documentary isn’t the best vehicle for such weighty material.
By Robert Daniels FULL REVIEW
20
May 9, 2022
Less a balanced exposé than a tabloid scoop played for shocks, the film never even bothers to ask why any of this might have happened.
By Paul Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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6.0
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4 Ratings
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14% Negative
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Production Company Blumhouse Television, Endcrawl.com
Release Date May 11, 2022
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline Is He Yours?
Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81227735
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Awards

Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards
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