June 18, 2021
Fatherhood is a 2021 American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Weitz from a screenplay by Weitz and Dana Stevens based on the 2011 memoir Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love by Matthew Logelin. The film stars Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Frankie R. Faison, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise, Anthony Carrigan, Melody Hurd, and Paul Reiser, and follows a new father who struggles to raise his daughter after the sudden death of his wife.
Originally scheduled to be released in theaters by Sony Pictures Releasing, Fatherhood was sold to Netflix during the COVID-19 pandemic and was digitally released on June 18, 2021. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for its formulaic approach but the emotional weight and Hart's against-type performance receiving praise.
Storyline
A father brings up his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter's birth.
Also See
- Fatherhood (2021) (Trailers)
Sound Effects Used
- Airborne Sound, 4 Month-Old Baby - Crying, Frustratedly and Wailing (Used once for Maddy as a baby when she cries.)
- Airborne Sound, 4 Month-Old Baby - Crying and Fussing and Building to a Cry (Used once for Maddy as a baby when she cries.)
- Airborne Sound, 4 Month-Old Baby - Crying and Fussing and Growing with Panic (Used once for Maddy as a baby when she cries.)
- Hollywoodedge, Baby Cries HospitalN PE144201 (Heard once when Maddy is born.)
- Hollywoodedge, Baby Feeding Breathi PE144401
- Hollywoodedge, Baby Whining Short Cr PE144101 (Used for Maddy as a baby when she cries.)
- Hollywoodedge, Newborn Babies Cryin PE144301 (Used once for Maddy as a baby when she cries.)
- Sony Ding (Heard in the Sony logo from 2021.)
- Sound Ideas, CROWD, OUTDOOR - CHILDREN: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PLAYING AT RECESS, AMBIENCE, PLAYGROUND 02
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, BABY - EIGHT MONTH OLD BABY: CRYING (Used for Maddy as a baby when she cries.)
- Sound Ideas, ROLLER COASTER - ROLLER COASTER: PASS BY, SCREAMS, AMUSEMENT PARK