A Vince Vaughn remake of this French/Canadian comedy is already in
the works - but just because it’s about an amiable slacker whose past
life as a serial sperm donor catches up with him, doesn’t mean it’s a
gross-out affair.
Instead, it’s a sweet if schmaltzy crowd-pleaser
as ‘Starbuck’ (Patrick Huard) secretly embroils himself in the affairs
of his 533 biological children.
It’s too risk-averse to ask awkward questions but works as a wry satire of fatherhood.
Huard’s charm offsets the plots contrivances, while Ken Scott’s finely balanced direction humanises the high concept.
Film Details
- 15
- UK Theatrical Release Date: Nov 23rd 2012
- Genre
- The main character David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children.[3]
David, a deliveryman for a butcher shop, is being pursued by thugs
because he owes them money. Next, he is advised that 142 of his
offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true
identity of "Starbuck", the pseudonym he used when donating sperm. In
addition, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child but does not
feel that he is mature enough to be a father.[4]
The film's title refers to a Canadian Holstein bull who produced hundreds of thousands of progeny by artificial insemination in the 1980s and 1990s.[4]
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