2023 Show
Simon Blackwell · United Kingdom, United States of America · English
A relatable comedy with Martin Freeman about the toll of raising kids
Martin Freeman stars opposite the ever-reliable Daisy Haggard (Back to Life) as two parents who are overwhelmed by their two kids. “I would die for those kids but often, I also want to kill them,” his character jokes.
Breeders might be a comedy but it’s a relatable portrayal of how consuming raising kids can get. The days of serene vacations in Spain are long gone, replaced with uncontrollable rage and lack of sleep.
Exposing the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
"What makes [it] feel worth it is Haggard... Here, especially in episodes deeper into the series run when the emotional spectrum gets widened, she's giving the kind of performance that helps shades in the gaps where the rest of the show feels less nuanced"
— Steve Greene
"When writers Addison and Blackwell let Breeders wander away from its thesis, and especially when they allow Freeman and Haggard to play messy and complicated, it shows tremendous promise."
— Allison Shoemaker
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