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Despite high scores like its on Rotten Tomatoes , the film faces specific criticisms:

“I saw it with my fiancée and we both felt like it reinforced a lot of ideas we already had about what it means to live a good life... they have settled on a moderate middle ground.” Reddit · r/flicks · 9 years ago Captain Fantastic

“Ben's arrogance and pride in raising his children this way contradicts his hatred for modern America. He's a tyrant... his kids are all fantastic people, but they have very little free will.” Reddit · r/flicks · 9 years ago Despite high scores like its on Rotten Tomatoes

Most critics view the film as a "polished and relatable" indie standout that avoids being a simple political fairy tale. his kids are all fantastic people, but they

: Some audiences find the children’s superhuman intellectual feats—such as mastering multiple languages and complex physics while living in the woods—to be "condescending" or "unrealistic".