Fathers' Day (1997)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writers (WGA):

Francis Veber (film Les Compères)
Lowell Ganz (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

9 May 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

The reason why some animals eat their young.

Plot:

A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Plot Keywords:

Rock | Runaway | Con | Seduction | Parent

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Robin Williams	...	Dale Putley
Billy Crystal	...	Jack Lawrence
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Carrie Lawrence
Nastassja Kinski	...	Collette Andrews
Charlie Hofheimer	...	Scott Andrews
Bruce Greenwood	...	Bob Andrews
Dennis Burkley	...	Calvin the Trucker
Haylie Johnson	...	Nikki Trainor
Charles Rocket	...	Russ Trainor
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Shirley Trainor
Jared Harris	...	Lee
Louis Lombardi	...	Matt
Mark McGrath	...	Sugar Ray Band
Craig Bullock	...	Sugar Ray Band
Charles Stan Frazier	...	Sugar Ray Band

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sex-related humor and drug references.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35280) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-8 | Germany:6 (w) | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12 | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Northern Lights Entertainment

Trivia:

Some of Crystal and Williams' character dynamics were inspired by their HBO Comic Relief performances (with Whoopi Goldberg) of the late 1980s.

Goofs:

Continuity: Jack's martini while he's eating lunch with Colette.

Quotes:

Jack Lawrence: You know what? Take my car.
Dale Putley: You're giving me your car, Jack? That's so Elvis of you.
Jack Lawrence: Not to keep. To take the airport. I'll have one of my interns pick it up in the morning.
Dale Putley: You want me driving your car?
Jack Lawrence: It's just a thing. It's a priceless, irreplaceable thing.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Father's Day (#4.1)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Simmer Down

Watchable only for Robin Williams and Billy Crystal

Father's Day is an over-the-top comedy about Dale and Jack(played by Robin Williams and Billy Crystal) who are tricked by a woman into believing that one of the two may be the father of her now missing teenage son. So they search for the boy hoping to figure out who the real father is.

This is an okay comedy for the most part with some funny moments between Robin and Billy. They actually didn't have bad chemistry as costars so it felt like a shame that they were wasted in this uneven and ultimately, lame movie. Robin tries too hard and goes over the top with his zany character and many of the jokes fall flat. Billy Crystal plays a (literally) hard-headed lawyer to Robin Williams' artsy and 'sensitive' character and he has his moments but the script doesn't do either of them any justice. To make matters even worse, Sugar Ray shows up repeatedly in the film. I'm not even kidding. I had to skip any part with Mark McGrath trying his best to look like a bad ass rock star.

Watch this if you are a big fan of either of the leads and are looking to pass the time, but don't expect a hilarious movie in doing so.