I've always found the parent-child relationship fascinating, but too many filmmakers have a hard time illuminating the complexities. That isn't a problem for this director, who's gathered up a particularly forthcoming combination of subjects.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 10, 2024

A film that should have its own special place among rock n' roll documentaries.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 19, 2020

That unlikely image -- of boys who have railed against authority turning into men who have it -- is explored in Andrea Blaugrund Nevins' entertaining, even eye-opening doc.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 4, 2019

Just when you thought parenthood had been done to death, [Andrea Blaugrund] Nevins has come along with an entirely fresh perspective reiterating the common wisdom from a completely different angle.

| Sep 18, 2017

Feels so much like an M온라인카지노추천 reality show I kept waiting for a commercial break so I could go pee.

Full Review | May 3, 2015

If you ever listened to punk rock from the 80s or 90s and thought how hard it's going to be for these guys to deal with their own kids, this documentary reveals that truth.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 27, 2012

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 27, 2012

The film's subjects may consider themselves non-conformists, but the movie's style -- the use of colorful graphics, fast-forwards, jump cuts and other computer-editing tricks -- is the epitome of mainstream.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 9, 2012

As punk rock dads recall their own difficult childhoods, their absent fathers and abusive stepfathers, they assert their determination to "be there" for their own kids.

| Dec 7, 2011

There are delicious contrasts between the musicians in full-on punk-rock mode and in full-on dad mode.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 2, 2011

Blink-182's Mark Hoppus has an especially good line about the all-consuming nature of being a pop: "It's like red matter from Star Trek. It just sucks everything in."

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 1, 2011

These cute little domestic interludes give The Other F Word a light humor and large awwwww factor that's unavoidable, understandable and entirely un-punk.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 23, 2011

People grow up sometimes, more or less - even punk rockers.

Full Review | Nov 18, 2011

We do get to see Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers cry, though. That gets some bonus points in my book.

| Original Score: 53/100 | Nov 17, 2011

For the most part the film is an interesting, and occasionally fascinating, look at getting older and taking on responsibility.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Not just a fluffy portrait of dudes with tattoos and their cute kids

| Original Score: B | Nov 11, 2011

Lindberg's throwaway self-description of himself as getting by during a tour "on Ambien and hair dye'' may be the best line in a movie full of good ones.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 10, 2011

Despite a few genuinely poignant moments (try not to be moved as Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea talks of righting his parents' wrongs) and a bit of humor, F Word feels shallow and a little stale.

| Nov 10, 2011

This charming, amusing documentary has its sad side too...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 8, 2011

Tired conformists or still staunch rebels, whatever you may think of these punk rockers turned parents, this lively, affecting documentary is a highly worthwhile, often hilarious investigation into the ultimate contradiction.

| Nov 7, 2011