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The Complex Beliefs of the "Captain Fantastic" Patriarch | ScreenPrism


Quick Answer: Captain Fantastic (2016) follows a man who has chosen to raise his entire family in the wilderness, in part because of his complex…

"Captain Fantastic" name-drops a lot of large intellectual figures - but what does its central character think?

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