{"id":2220710,"date":"2026-01-03T08:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2220710"},"modified":"2026-01-03T08:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:45:30","slug":"how-hamnet-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you-and-more-films-explore-modern-anxieties-around-parenthood-and-raising-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-hamnet-if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you-and-more-films-explore-modern-anxieties-around-parenthood-and-raising-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"How \u2018Hamnet,\u2019 \u2018If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You\u2019 and More Films Explore Modern Anxieties Around Parenthood and Raising Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">What does it mean to bring a child into today\u2019s world? Based on some of this year\u2019s buzziest films, that question is on the minds of contemporary directors and writers.<\/p>\n<p>From the postpartum loneliness and depression that many mothers face depicted in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0708903\/\">Lynne Ramsay<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9362736\/\">Die My Love<\/a>,\u201d the multi-generational fight for meaningful change in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000759\/\">Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt30144839\/\">One Battle After Another<\/a>\u201d to the never-ending economic stresses placed on family in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0661791\/\">Park Chan-wook<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1527793\/\">No Other Choice<\/a>,\u201d many of this year\u2019s films take an unflinching look at the anxiety parents \u2014 and, in turn, their children \u2014 face in today\u2019s increasingly politically volatile world.<\/p>\n<p>In appreciating the links between these different stories, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt29768334\/\">Train Dreams<\/a>\u201d director and co-writer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3286079\/\">Clint Bentley<\/a> says: \u201cThe world, for most of us, feels like it\u2019s turning on its axis a bit. Whether we live in Des Moines or Dubai, we feel like&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to bring a child into today\u2019s world? Based on some of this year\u2019s buzziest films, that question is on the minds of contemporary directors and writers. 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