Dear Dad Movie Reviews
Avg. Critics Rating
Verdict: Timepass based on 11 reviews
Avg. User Rating
3.0
Verdict: Cool based on 1 reviews & ratings
4.0
Bollywood Life | Bollywood Life
Definitely watch it for it will broaden your mind about homosexuality and how it is not a choice but just a preference people are born with. It will definitely inspire more people in India to come of the closet and embrace their true nature without shame. Do not miss this film!Read full review3.5
Subhash K Jha | SKJBollywoodNews
Though this is a film about painful revelations Dear Dad is not a sad film. It doesn’t celebrate human frailty. But it tells us it’s okay to be what we are, who we are and never mind why we are what we are.Read full review3.0
Mohar Basu | Times Of India
Dear Dad deserves a watch simply for the profound point it makes about accepting people for who they are and loving them unconditionally.Read full review
2.5
Tushar Joshi | DNA India
Dear Dad touches upon a brave and important subject of acceptance, love and compassion, we wish the film was able to have a wider reach with a better storyline.Read full review2.5
Kunal Guha | Mumbai Mirror
While this could’ve been a breezy indie mood film that travels to a few festivals, it may face a serious challenge as a commercial release in India. The problem with it is simple — not much happens. And what does, happens at a lethargic pace, which can be unnerving.Read full review
2.0
Shubhra Gupta | Indian Express
There are a few moments between father and son which feel as if something real is going on – resentment and anger have a way of boiling up to the surface in strange ways between parents and children. But the rest of it is clunky and contrived, and the sudden switch between moods—from dad being foe to friend—feels too hurried.Read full review2.0
Asira Tarannum | Deccan Chronicle
Director Tanuj Bhramar could have explored gay relationships deeper. But in this film, he is almost content to let it all rest with a son’s acceptance — if willy-nilly — of his father’s sexuality.Read full review2.0
Sukanya Verma | Rediff
Though elegant composed and filled with warm possibilities, Dear Dad stays awfully impersonal communicating only from a distance to tread a tediously linear path. Its all-important disclosure isn’t hard to guess what with Bhramar giving away ample signs along the way.Read full review2.0
Surabhi Redkar | Koimoi
Dear Dad misses out on becoming a gem because of its treatment.Read full review
2.0
Shubha Shetty-Saha | Mid-Day
This could have been a better film dealing with a real issue, but sadly, the script and direction did not seem confident enough to deal with it.Read full review1.5
R.M. Vijayakar | IndiaWest
In short, here is a drag of a film, called a bittersweet drama, which is, really speaking, much ado about — almost — nothing.Read full review
NR
Devesh Sharma | Filmfare
Go watch this short, sensitive film that gives out the message that parenthood has nothing to do with one’s sexuality. That all every family needs is a little more love to make the scars heal…Read full reviewNR
Udita Jhunjhunwala | Firstpost
Swamy, whose Hindi film roles include Bombay (1995) and Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Ho Gaya (2000), brings some import to his part, and shares a gentle and believable camaraderie with Sharma. But there’s only so much the actors can do with a script that started off boldly but blinked when it mattered most.Read full reviewNR
Namrata Joshi | The Hindu
The slow and steady passage from love to hatred and pride would have been a profound and poignant journey that the film doesn’t quite embark on. It’s in too much of a hurry to reach nowhere.Read full review
