Writer-director Clément Michel can't escape the usual infant-related movie pitfalls.
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Slant MagazineAndrew Schenker
Slant MagazineAndrew Schenker
What most rankles about the film is the way that its insistence on paternal instincts as the principal signifier of male adulthood leads it to sanction the most childlike behavior of all.
It's a goofy, episodic trifle designed to induce swoons among the saccharine who coo every time they see a cute guy, or a baby, or a cute guy holding a baby while watching YouTube videos about how to change a diaper.