I'm not a communist, but I loved Captain Fantastic. It's important to start this review saying that I'm not a communist, just because the extremals capitalists would say that only communists love this movie. Who never was a teenager asking themselves the following: How I will care my children? It's inevitable to think that we will try to care them keeping away from drugs, premature sex and diseases, trying to educate them in a way that they turn into our friends and confidants. But it's not easy. While you're trying to explain to them some things about life, they are hearing another thousand things from TV, Internet and other things. It's something like trying to cover the sun with a transparent fabric. The movie shows us an alternative of a desperate parent, the isolation. Ben and his wife, Leslie, moved to a forest in a tentative of caring their children away from the capitalist way of life. They live quite well during long years, but her wife, that had a disease, starts to see her health state get worst. In a forest it's quite impossible to solve somethings and they decide to move her to a hospital at civilization. And that's the moment where the movie starts. Leslie stays away from home during, approximately, three months. While this, Ben kept a high level rigor to caring with their children on all activities. Their children looks like genius in all activities, they know everything about politics, they are athletes, they know how to take care of a plantation and they love and obey their father. Ben is always paying attention to what is happening and trying to give all of his attention to their children. They are real family, in all points of view. But when Ben receives the sad info that his wife is dead, some problems in their relationship with his children are exposed. That happens because his father-in-law doesn't approve their way of life and decides to put their children against their father. It's easy to see that this thing was only a disagreement, but the movie works to create empathy between us, the expectators, and them. You will really cheer to Ben! Without spoilers, I will jump directly to my point of view. I, as a future father, have million plans about how I would care my children. None of them consider change my personality. None of them is about be the same. None of them consider keep my sons in a prison. None of them will give too much freedom to them. Be a father is not something that you can plan. Is about show to your son what you learn in life and be inclusive. Your son doesn't needs to have his father on his side all the time. Your son needs to want you by his side all the time. And the only way of getting it, is being a partner. Ben, put his rigor at the side, is that to them. Specially because he is available all the time. He doesn't have a cellphone, a television or a hard job to share his attention. How much of your time are you dedicating to do things that you really like or even don't like with your children? Think about it.

Made an account just for this one because it needs to be said that all the negative reviews this thing is getting is highly unjustified in my humble opinion. This movie gets a lot of hate, and i kinda see why, but i think the haters are whining. Yes, this movie can be offensive, it's the purpose of it and it does a damn good job at it! It portrayes two very different sides of life with all it's pro's and cons from BOTH SIDES. The movie doesn't pick a side at any time and overall, this is a very good display on the old right/wrong subject, because there IS NO right or wrong! Viggo Mortensens acting is always spot-on, and this is no exception. He always portrays a character so incredibly well, and the role of confused but caring father suits him like a charm. All the kids do a great job too, especially considering the age of the youngest few. I have to add; i've been a Christan for most of my life but i'm open minded to any healthy critisism. I hear people say this movie has too many attacks at Christianity, but what i see is good, critical viewpoint from all perspectives on the subject. Again, there is no bashing or overpraising either side, just a grounded view, and i have never seen a movie do it like Captain Fantastic! Really a fantastic movie that makes you use your brain! Don't watch if you are easily offended, but if you are open to it, you will enjoy every minute! Great soundtrack at the ending to!

Very good and affective Hollywood sentimentality. Lovely scenery, fine acting, and dramatic use of musical hooks. So far, so good . The froth is very well done.The substance, however , is unbelievable drivel . As usual with this type of 'feelgood' pap the underlying message is concrete, establishment, American dream. Whatever else happens the dream wins - there is only one way to live and be content and that is to grovel before the adman's spiel and totally resign to their whims. The entire plot is based upon the emotional freak out of a family within the 1% financially and culturally and has no connection whatever with the vast bulk of humanity . None of what happens could or would occur in any normal family - largely because they wouldn't have the hard cash to indulge in such flippant nonsense, but primarily because all of the consequences of this family's actions in this film would hang far more heavily and permanently upon a middle/working class group. The froth continues in a lame and frankly offensive view of mental illness and a frivolous take on cultural differences . For anyone with a fully functional frontal cortex the morality play is so simplistic as to be risible - right and wrong are literally thrown down the toilet. This might have been a truly moving and authentic piece had it been set in normality rather than in extreme privilege .

'Captain Fantastic (2016)' is a refreshingly honest and heartfelt feature which manages to be surprisingly emotional, almost making me tear up on a couple of occasions, and isn't simply signified by its intrinsic eccentricity (so often used as a marketing trick) but rather infinitely enhanced by it. The narrative never becomes clichéd or rote and the excellent performances always keep the sometimes outlandish happenings both grounded and wonderful. Once it reaches its apparently promised conclusion, however, it slows down and starts to head in a slightly generic, if necessary, direction. Thankfully, though, the emotional core still remains and it isn't long before the film is back to its own off-kilter brand of heart-felt shenanigans as it moves towards an off-base finale which, though it could be somewhat morbid in lesser hands, is here truly touching and a beautiful note on which to end. 8/10