Fatherhood
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.
Plot
Childhood sweethearts Matt and Liz Logelin prepare for the birth of their first child. Soon after delivering their daughter, Maddy, Liz suddenly suffers a pulmonary embolism and dies.
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| author | Dana Stevens Paul Weitz |
|---|---|
| director | Paul Weitz |
| editor | Jonathan Corn |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | bad father begin business trip childhood sweethearts confuse date grieve home alone id injured mother figure phone call pulmonary embolism return home role models set up single parent sleep suffer young girl |
| musicBy | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| producer | David Beaubaire Kevin Hart Marty Bowen Peter Kiernan |
| publisher | Netflix |