Too Young to Be a Dad

Too Young to Be a Dad

What do you do when things don't go according to plan?

Directed by Éva Gárdos

Produced by Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Lifetime

200287 min6.9 / 10

A sincere, character-focused drama about a teenage boy grappling with unexpected fatherhood and the moral weight of an adoption decision.

When 15-year-old Matt Freeman gets his girlfriend, Francesca, pregnant, her family decides to put the unborn baby up for adoption. Matt agrees to the decision, but begins to rethink it. This movie is taken from the father's point of view.

Questions people ask

  • Is Too Young to Be a Dad violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Too Young to Be a Dad scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Too Young to Be a Dad sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Too Young to Be a Dad easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Too Young to Be a Dad end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

68/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity55

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise84

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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