Parents' Guide to The Father Who Moves Mountains

The scenery and cinematography on display are gorgeous and lush. The rest of the elements of The Father Who Moves Mountains, unfortunately, are quite underwhelming and disappointing. The "hero" of the story is an affluent ex-intelligence officer who has loads money and friends in high places. Unsatisfied with the search and rescue team's lack of progress, as he figures it, Mircea takes it upon himself to call in "rich-White-guy" favors, rejects saving others in need, and hoards his own power, resources, and workforce. Meanwhile, the viewers are still supposed to feel sorry for and root for this guy?

When everyone else is sensibly moving on, Mircea continues to waste money and puts other people's lives at risk by not giving up his search. It's odd that his incredibly selfish behavior kind of merges with this film's idea of "heroism," as the title isn't supposed to be ironic or sarcastic. And the only argument the father or the film offers for justifying his behavior is various forms of: "what if it was your child?" The other problem is that there isn't any depth to the one note, "I will stop at nothing to find my son," father nor is there any depth to the story. Nothing surprising happens. Actually, nothing really happens during the entire film, and it isn't clear what this film is trying to say.