Hollywood's Cringeworthy Parent-Child Movies

For every Wall Street or Wild at Heart there are countless cringeworthy examples of Hollywood power players elbowing their own kids into the picture. Adam Sandler alone has made two dozen with hisf the dismal reviews meted out to the new film Bleeding Love prove anything at all, it’s that parents need to think very carefully before starring in movies with their children. This film – which“a complete toe-curling nepo vanity project” – stars Ewan McGregor and his real-life daughter Clara.

Worst of all are the films, and you can spot them a mile off, in which a parent has deliberately elbowed room for their kid. Sunny Sandler, for instance, is a genuinely promising actor with a number of good films to her name. However, it’s hard to truly judge her on her own merits given that every single film she has performed in has either starred or been produced by her father.

Which isn’t to say such films never work, of course. Off the top of my head I can think of four very good films starring parents and their offspring that work for different reasons. Thestars Donald and Kiefer Sutherland as an estranged father and son, and it works precisely because you can feel the real-life relationship in all its knotty complexity bleed in from the margins. There’s a respect between the characters, but it’s a snarling one, which drips with all sorts of unspoken indignation.

These films were all probably immense fun to make – who wouldn’t want to hang out with their kid making movies all day? But that doesn’t automatically make them good. If icky sentimentality is what you’re aiming for, go ahead and do it. But if quality is your priority, maybe still try it … just remember that the film might be better if you’ve cultivated a really horrible relationship with your parents first.

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