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Starbuck (2011) 7.3
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7.3/10 from 12,966 users
Metascore: 49/100
Reviews: 19 user | 130 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com As his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father. Director:Ken Scott |
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David Wozniak /
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Valérie
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Avocat
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Frère sombre
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Frère sympathique
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David Michael | ... |
Antoine
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Patrick Martin | ... |
Étienne
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David Giguère | ... |
Porte parole
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Julie
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Pierre Mailloux | ... |
Proprie café fe quartier
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Patrick Labbé | ... |
Maître Chamberland
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Marie-France Lambert | ... |
Infirmétre intervante
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Pascal Contamine | ... |
Équipier #2
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Félix Brassard | ... |
Julien
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At 42, David lives the life of an irresponsible adolescent. He coasts through life with minimal effort and maintains a complicated relationship with Valerie, a young policewoman. Just as she tells him she's pregnant, David's past resurfaces. Twenty years earlier, he began providing sperm to a fertility clinic in exchange for money. He discovers he's the father of 533 children, 142 of whom have filed a class action lawsuit to determine the identity of their biological father, known only by the pseudonym Starbuck. Written by Anonymous
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Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug material | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
CanadaRelease Date:
3 May 2012 (New Zealand) See more »Also Known As:
Benim 533 Çocugum Var See more »Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, CanadaBox Office
Opening Weekend:
$15,530 (USA) (22 March 2013)Gross:
$335,034 (USA) (17 May 2013)Company Credits
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David Wozniak: What would a normal person do in this situation?
Man: A normal person wouldn't be in this situation.
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Written by David Giguère
Performed by David Giguère
Published by Éditions Sénior Inc
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Among the newspapers from around the world with headlines about "Starbuck" is the Israeli daily paper Ha-Aretz. Though the headline and the articles are in Hebrew letters, they are full of mistakes and make absolutely no sense. See more »Quotes
[from trailer]David Wozniak: What would a normal person do in this situation?
Man: A normal person wouldn't be in this situation.
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L'AtelierWritten by David Giguère
Performed by David Giguère
Published by Éditions Sénior Inc
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In this feel-good movie the viewer is transported to the world of David Wozniak, a French-speaking Polish-Canadian who lives in Montreal, where he works in a family business as a meat deliveryman. He's an average Joe without much ambition or money. He is amiable and has a good heart, but his girlfriend Valérie is ready to dump him because of his aimlessness.
It turns out that he has a secret. Because of a screw-up at a fertility clinic, he is actually the biological father of hundreds of children. There are so many of them they have organised to find out the identity of "Starbuck", their common father. This diverse, interesting group of young people have formed a rather large club that socialises together. After all, they have the same father.
The plot of the movie has two threads based on David's attempts to cope with this situation: David getting caught up (secretly) in the world of these children; but at the same time David trying to hide his identity from them, Valérie and the world. I was drawn into this scenario and was curious to see where it would go.
The movie had a lot of fast dialogue in French, but it was easy to follow because of the English subtitles. The film is filled with gentle humour. The interesting world of the Wozniak family was portrayed realistically. Montreal life is the quiet backdrop to this movie. However, you have to wonder where the snow was!
One thing that wasn't really explained was how these sperm-donor children all found each other. Clearly there was a massive problem with the clinic, but this aspect is not dwelt on in the film.
Final word: a good movie.