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Fathers' Day

Fathers' Day (1997)

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 5

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Average Rating: 2.5/5
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Movie Info

Two of the screen's most popular comic actors meet in this movie about two men brought together by unexpected circumstances. On the surface, Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) and Dale Putley (Robin Williams) wouldn't appear to have much in common. Jack is an efficient, serious-minded lawyer with a successful practice and a beautiful wife, Carrie (Julia-Louis Dreyfus). Dale is a very single performance artist given to dramatic mood swings and extreme overreaction to the sad state of his career.

PG-13, 1 hr. 38 min.

Comedy

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Sep 9, 1997

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Critic Reviews for Fathers' Day

All Critics (51) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (26) | DVD (3)

A bland, labored, poorly written would-be comedy without a single laugh.

September 21, 2005 Comment
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

A lame plot and less than hilarious lines by two of the funniest men in the world...make Father's Day more of a downer than an uproarious good time.

June 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | Comment
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

An uneven and uninspired farce starring the normally riotous Crystal and Williams.

June 3, 2004 Comment
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

Crystal and Williams are a must-see match

November 18, 2003 Comment
Clint Morris
Moviehole

Not really memorable except for the fact that it was a box-office failure, even the performances of the two comedy stars can't save it from itself.

August 20, 2003 Comment
Shawn Bowers
Kansas City Star

Two comic minds, one disappointing movie.

December 25, 2002 Comment
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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Not Robin Williams at his finest, although it was funny in some scenes. Not that well plotted out either.

June 23, 2011
murphmann93
Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

Crystal and Williams try to out mug each other in a desperately unfunny schmaltz fest.

January 6, 2007
garyX
xGary Xx

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Fathers' Day Quotes

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    1. Dale Putley: That man is insane! He bludgeoned me for no reason!
    – Submitted by Lorcan H (8 months ago)

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