No masterpiece but undeniably heavy on laughs, the movie is put over by the buffed, lubricated dynamics of two leads who substantially transcend what is otherwise a borderline tepid dose of family values.
Father's Day (1997)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:6
Rotten:24
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Desperate to track down her wayward teenage son, a woman contacts a pair of old flames and tells each that he's the boy's father, setting in motion a forced-buddy, on-the-road romp. Billy Crystal... Desperate to track down her wayward teenage son, a woman contacts a pair of old flames and tells each that he's the boy's father, setting in motion a forced-buddy, on-the-road romp. Billy Crystal and Robin Williams shared the screen for the first time in this remake of the 1984 French farce "Les Comperes." [More]
Starring: Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Nastassja Kinski, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Starring: Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Nastassja Kinski, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Charlie Hofheimer
Director: Ivan Reitman
Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenwriter: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Composer: James Newton Howard
Producer: Gordon Webb, Karyn Fields, Joe Medjuck, Francis Veber
Story: Francis Veber
Producer: Joel Silver, Ivan Reitman
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|---|---|
| 36% 36% | Angels & Demons |
| 25% 25% | Four Christmases |
| 68% 68% | Funny People |
| 95% 95% | Star Trek |
| 14% 14% | The Ugly Truth |
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| 32% 32% | Terminator Salvation |
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| 86% 86% | A Christmas Tale |
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