A sperm donor finds he has sired hundreds of children in a French-language farce that, fittingly, has spawned progeny of its own (a Bollywood version is in the works, as is a Hollywood remake starring Vince Vaughn).
An entertaining set-up gets an extra spurt of energy from Patrick Huard, shabbily endearing as a reluctant hero who acquaints himself surreptitiously with all the offspring keen to discover their dad’s identity.
Sweet and only mildly sentimental, Ken Scott’s Québécois comedy squeezes a surprising amount of juice from its seedy premise.
The actual Starbuck, incidentally, was a bull renowned for his fertility.
