Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.
Old Dads is a fairly formulaic comedy built around generational culture-clash humor. The plot is predictable and relies heavily on repeated fish-out-of-water scenarios without much dramatic escalation. Bill Burr's comedic persona carries the film and the central trio has decent chemistry, but the acting rarely transcends the material. Cinematography is functional at best — a standard Netflix comedy with no distinctive visual identity. Novelty is low; the premise of grumpy older dads clashing with woke millennial culture is well-trodden territory executed without a particularly fresh angle. The ending resolves too neatly and fails to deliver a satisfying payoff to the generational tension it sets up.