Fresh
A high-concept comedy that peddles some slapstick laughs and life lessons but little insight.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Overview
David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck," the pseudonym he used when donating his sperm. To make matters worse, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child, but doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.
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65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is froth, but it's good froth.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
Rather than a jolting shot of joe, this French-Canadian comedy is a soothing cup of warm cocoa.
Soren Anderson, Seattle Times
Fresh
"Starbuck" is essentially a situation comedy, but what a situation.
John Anderson, Newsday
Fresh
Never mind high concept, this is high conception.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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