Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Top 10 Worst Movie Dads


Fathers are supposed to care, provide, love, and so on. Not these fellas. Instead, these cinematic patriarchs drink, kill, molest – you name it, all to unnerving degrees. Like a train-wreck, you can’t help but watch in fascination and horror. And this is a difficult list to justify without dishing spoilers. So, if you haven’t seen some of the films below, just trust that these despicable fathers occupy the screen in depraved ways.

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  1. AnonymousApril 23, 2013 at 6:02 PM

    Excellent list of 10 dads who won't be on the short list for father of the year awards. Frank Fitts would definitely be one of my top choices. Also DeNiro's character in This Boy's Life, though he was actually Jack's stepfather.

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    1. Alex WithrowApril 24, 2013 at 11:34 AM

      Thanks! It's funny, when I first drafted this list, I realized that 8 out of the 10 were stepfathers, including De Niro's This Boy's Life role. So that's the only reason I axed them out. But yeah, De Niro is such a prick in that movie.

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    2. AnonymousApril 24, 2013 at 1:19 PM

      Makes sense. Just for fun, others I probably would've thrown in the mix include both Billy Bob Thornton's character and his father in Monster's Ball. Also, though you aren't a LoTR fan, Boromir and Faramir's father (I can't remember his name), is in a class by himself.

      So are you going to do bad mothers too? Or is that too easy? ;-) Bad mothering (and stepmothering) seems to be almost as overdone in films and stories as it is in psychology. Ha ha!

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    3. Alex WithrowApril 24, 2013 at 1:32 PM

      Ohhh Billy Bob in Monster's Ball is a GREAT choice. What an awful father.

      I was thinking about doing mothers, but like you said, tad too easy.

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  2. JoshApril 23, 2013 at 7:24 PM

    Wonderful list of horrible dads. Noah Cross, Jack Torrance, Ed Wilson and Col. Frank Fitts are some of the most disturbing ones, but I still need to see a few of these.

    I'd probably include Glen Whitehouse from Affliction and Darth Vader, of course. ;)

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    1. Alex WithrowApril 24, 2013 at 11:34 AM

      I knew Vader would be a popular choice! Old Glen was my 11th pick. Whatta bastard.

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  3. Brittani BurnhamApril 24, 2013 at 7:51 AM

    Great list! I love that you included the Home Alone dad. That's hilarious. I'd probably throw Mister from The Color Purple in there too. That guy was just horrible at everything.

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    1. Alex WithrowApril 24, 2013 at 11:35 AM

      Thanks! Ohhh Mister was such a monster. Yuck.

      That Home Alone dad SUCKS!

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  4. Lights Camera ReactionApril 30, 2013 at 11:53 AM

    Yeah haha, The Shining came to mind for me haha.
    Nice list!

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