The Bachelors
A widower and his teen son relocate across the country and individually rediscover the joys of life after meeting two different women.
2 November 1998, Houston, Texas, USA
24 August 1956, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 August 1963, Brooklyn, New York, USA
9 March 1972, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
6 April 1998, Florida, USA
27 December 1996, Hamlin, Texas, USA
9 January 1955, Detroit, Michigan, USA
16 March 1997
October 20, 2017
The character [Josh Wiggins and Odey Arush] play and the relationship they develop are honest and poignant in the best sense, which is a good description of the film as a whole.
October 19, 2017
Voelker doesn't pour on the syrup, creating an approachable but deeply felt picture that's curious about behavior and therapy.
January 23, 2018
The story is predictable, but Simmons' tighty whities and Delpy's fish impressions compensate.
October 14, 2017
J.K. Simmons plays a poignant role of a grieving father who, together with his son, seek love after a family death.
October 20, 2017
The emotional authenticity is compromised by familiarity and contrived catharsis.
October 18, 2017
Voelker excels at guiding the cast through some complicated emotional territory and maintains strong arcs for each of the principal characters.
October 20, 2017
And the characters might have been one-dimensional, defined by their loss and presented as helpless, but they're not. They have realistic strengths and weaknesses.
October 23, 2017
The Bachelors is a scarcity of a film, one that transcends several genres to create an affecting orotundity through its singular voice.
October 20, 2017
The story is simple [...] and the acting is brilliant, but the pace and style of The Bachelors may be too depressing to appeal to the Instagram set.
October 10, 2017
Beautifully-acted but utterly unsurprising love-recovers-from-grief romance.
October 19, 2017
Deftly balancing humor and grief, "The Bachelors" is fueled by wonderfully human performances and fully realized characters.
October 18, 2017
The Bachelors is just a snapshot of a moment in life, but it's the sort of picture you'd want to keep.
