It's for Your Own Good

It's for Your Own Good (Es por tu bien, 2017) is a Spanish comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Carlos Therón. Three fathers — played by Javier Cámara, Jose Coronado and Roberto Álamo — face a shared crisis: each of their daughters has brought home a boyfriend they consider thoroughly unsuitable.

Arturo, Poli and Chus are brothers-in-law who have nothing in common except their unanimous horror at the men their daughters have chosen. Words have failed. Reason has failed. The only option left, as far as they are concerned, is a coordinated covert operation to torpedo all three relationships simultaneously. The plan is elaborate. The execution is chaotic. The daughters are smarter than any of them.

Cámara, Coronado and Álamo are all known for heavier dramatic work, which is precisely what makes watching them flail through increasingly absurd schemes so entertaining. The film does not pretend to be anything other than a broad family comedy with a predictable arc — its appeal is entirely in the performances and the mounting humiliation of three men who were absolutely certain they knew best. Stream It's for Your Own Good (2017) online on iFILM.