They set up elaborate anonymous auditions using Mom's casting connections and select Alberto (Juan Pablo Medina), a down-on-his-luck cab driver who used to be a popular actor. When Blanca learns of a major BMX race, she and her friend Laura plot to find a pretend "dad" to perform the required in-person sign-up for the race that her mother would veto. Mari (Aleyda Gallardo), the housekeeper, does most of the parenting and puts up with Blanca's rudeness. Blanca barely speaks to her mom, who is a busy movie producer and rarely home anyway. Her mother's inability to help Blanca through the grief has resulted in a chilly relationship. But her mother, Fernanda (Silvia Navarro), has forbidden even getting on her beloved bike since Blanca's father was killed in a biking accident. In DAD WANTED, 10-year-old Blanca (Natalia Coronado) is a spoiled, rebellious kid who loves BMX cycling. A man drinks too much over grief at losing his young daughter. There's some bullying, and language includes "f-k," which may make this inappropriate for the age group that would be most interested in watching a 10-year-old main character. Given that the stranger is a father himself, his willingness to conduct a secret (platonic) relationship with a 10-year-old to thwart her mother's wishes seems vaguely creepy and unsettling, even if the daughter, the mother, and stranger all benefit in the end. Although the movie's heart is in the right place, parents may view this with discomfort as it focuses on a young girl recruiting an adult stranger to pose as her dad so that she can enter a parental permission-only race that her mother has forbidden. Parents need to know that Dad Wanted is a Mexican film (in Spanish with English subtitles) about two grief-stricken strangers - a 10-year-old girl and a 45-year-old man - who meet and heal each other. A man drinks too much over grief at losing his young daughter.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.
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