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:

One of 2 1997 films to star Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the other being Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry (1997).

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Characters are shown supposedly leaving San Francisco for Tiburon, driving on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge - which only leads towards San Francisco. Additionally, the logical path to take to Tiburon would involve the Golden Gate, not the Bay Bridge.

Quotes:

[Trying out different ways to greet his son]
Dale Putley: [as a hippie] Dude, I'm your old man. I suppose you're wondering why your middle name is Rainbow.
[as a thug]
Dale Putley: Yo son, what's up, homes?
[as a New Age adept]
Dale Putley: I am your father. Hug me, and let us join our spirits.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

That Awful Man

I Actually enjoyed it...

Great cast, great laughs. A genuinely daft movie but with loads of fun too. I thought that Robin Williams played a very good part and was particularly funny, and Crystal too. Some parts of the film do tend to be slightly iffy such as the storyline (you can't help but thinking "I have seen all this done before somewhere.") However, if you don't want to be shocked at something new and original in a movie, watch this and simply laugh. Great fun all round. 7/10