Dodging the Clock (, lit. "Biological Clock") is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Ricardo Trogi and released in 2005.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Résumé détaillé du film Horloge biologique de Ricardo Trogi" . Films du Québec, September 9, 2012.
Plot The film stars Patrice Robitaille, Pierre-François Legendre and Jean-Philippe Pearson as Fred, Paul and Sébastien, three friends who are in various stages of coming to terms with, or rejecting, the urge to settle down and become fathers.Brendan Kelly, "Three men and the fear of a baby". Montreal Gazette, August 5, 2005. Fred is reacting with fear to his girlfriend Marie (Geneviève Alarie) expressing her desire to get pregnant, and secretly slipping contraceptive pills into her daily orange juice to prevent it; Paul is ambivalent about the current pregnancy of his girlfriend Isabelle (Catherine Proulx-Lemay); Sébastien is already a dad, but is chafing at the way the demands of fatherhood conflict with his desire to hang out and do guy things with his friends.Jennie Punter, "Embrace your inner caveman". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2005.
Critical reception In December 2005, it was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best films."Topping the list: Canada's cinematic achievements". National Post, December 14, 2005.
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