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Captain Fantastic
He gave his kids everything except permission to want a different life. Sometimes loving them means admitting you were wrong. 🌲
Who it's for
Captain Fantastic lets parents look at their own convictions from the outside.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Matt Ross's 2016 drama follows Ben Cash, who has raised his six children off the grid in the Washington wilderness, teaching them survival skills, physical training and left-wing philosophy away from modern technology. After his wife Leslie, who had been hospitalized, dies by suicide, Ben learns her father Jack plans a Christian burial against her Buddhist beliefs and wishes.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A mother's suicide and children's grief.
Age: R (language, brief graphic nudity)
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 77
