I am a sucker for films that discover father-son relationships. The Pursuit of Happyness? Unimaginable. Fences? Riveting. Mrs. Doubtfire? A tad problematic, however nonetheless iconic.
So, you possibly can think about my enthusiasm when I stumbled upon the Mexican comedy drama, The Dad Quest (or Lo Mejor del Mundo) on Netflix. Directed by Salvador Espinosa, the film follows Gallo (Michel Brown), a tv producer who learns that he’s not his son Benito’s organic father after his ex-wife, Alicia, all of the sudden dies. After breaking the information to Benito, the duo embarks on a mission to search out out who his actual father is.
Now, in case you are not already conscious, The Dad Quest has gotten blended evaluations and obtained so little consideration from critics that it did not generate a Tomatometer rating. Additionally, audiences rated the movie a measly 5.4/10 on IMDB. I can acknowledge that the film does have its flaws—most notably the predictable storyline and the way it dealt with the dying of Benito’s mother—however I’d say that it has extra strengths than weaknesses, primarily due to the way it tackles the that means of fatherhood.
At the starting of the movie, Gallo is so wrapped up in his personal life and profession that he barely makes time for his son. And in the few occasions that he is with Benito, he would not make a lot of an effort to bond along with his child. Worse but, when he will get a stunning piece of reports relating to Benito’s future, his indifference prompts Alicia to ask if he has a coronary heart.
I’ll admit, the full lack of emotion in that scene struck me as actually odd, a lot in order that I briefly questioned his psychological state, however this made it so straightforward for me to dislike his character. Brown actually does a incredible job of creating Gallo an thoughtless and stone-faced jerk. However then, a shift begins to occur after he sees a little bit of himself in Benito. When Gallo reveals that he is not his father, Benito casually claims that he feels nothing as a result of Gallo was by no means his dad.
It is unlucky that it took this blunt response to wake Gallo up, however from that time on, as they enterprise out to search out Benito’s actual father, Gallo all of the sudden begins to rework into the father that Benito all the time wanted. (Nice timing, Gallo!)
He begins to open himself up emotionally and spend high quality time with Benito—with out speeding off to take work calls. He is much less involved about his personal wants and a extra protecting, caring and thoughtful.
I loved the foolish father-son moments, and I immediately took a liking to Benito, due to his humor and refreshing honesty. However since I do love a great redemption story, I was largely intrigued by the radical change in Gallo. Did he morph into the excellent dad? Not fairly. However he did study that fatherhood is as rewarding as it’s complicated—and boy, did it work wonders for his character.
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