The 5 Best Movies About Fathers and Sons
Daddy issues as a genre
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6 min readJun 18, 2021
When you are estranged from your father, Father’s Day becomes an especially acute reminder of the gaping hole in your soul. Even after you become a father yourself and the day becomes a weird celebration of your own dadness — dadability? — that lack reigns supreme. I’m not defined by my father’s absence, nor can I escape its long shadow.
