Comedian Nate Bargatze’s fame has skyrocketed over the past few years thanks to brilliantly quotable standup specials, a couple of Saturday Night Live appearances (that Washington’s Dream sketch is a classic) and the unique ideas he brought to his Emmys hosting gig. Now he’s set to star in his first movie — The Breadwinner — as a guy who becomes a stay-at-home dad when his wife gets a big deal on Shark Tank. Reviews are in for the new comedy, and this is exactly what I was afraid of.
The premise of The Breadwinner draws an obvious comparison to Mr. Mom, which came out in 1983. More than 40 years later, are we still supposed to laugh at dads who can’t cook eggs or do laundry? Is this not insulting to both men and women? I do love Nate Bargatze’s comedy, though, so I hoped that would overpower a seemingly antiquated plot. According to Natalia Winkelman of Variety, that’s not exactly the case, as she says in her review of The Breadwinner:
