A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
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5.2/10
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- Director
- Writers
- Francis Veber(film Les Compères)
- Lowell Ganz(screenplay)
- Babaloo Mandel(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Francis Veber(film Les Compères)
- Lowell Ganz(screenplay)
- Babaloo Mandel(screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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- Director
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- Francis Veber(film Les Compères)
- Lowell Ganz(screenplay)
- Babaloo Mandel(screenplay)
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Storyline
Jack Lawrence is a smart aleck lawyer who is one day visited by an ex-girlfriend who tells him her kid was his. Enter Dale Putley, a depressed goofball who is also a writer, meets with the same ex-girlfriend who tells him her kid is his. One day Jack and Dale meet and discover what had happened: they've been told the same story and now there's a question of who the real father is. They learn their son is following a rock band called Sugar Ray around. So Jack and Dale hit the road to Sacramento and find their drunk, love-struck son. Soon after they bring him back to their hotel room, their son escapes and Jack and Dale must use teamwork to find him again, bring him home, and find out which one of them is the real father. —Dylan Self <Robocoptng986127@aol.com>
- Taglines
- The reason why some animals eat their young.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for some sex-related humor and drug references
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaAs a cross-promotion, Warner Brothers had Robin Williams and Billy Crystal make guest appearances in Friends (1994).
- GoofsJack's martini while he's eating lunch with Colette.
- Quotes
Jack Lawrence: You're a tragic hero. You're Lou Gehrig.
Dale Putley: Who?
Jack Lawrence: Lou Gehrig. Everybody knows Lou Gehrig. The baseball player. He died of Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Dale Putley: Wow, what are the odds on that?
- Crazy creditsFilm title logo at the end of end credits
Top review
Once is Plenty!
I just glanced at the title in the TV listing.. and for some reason read it as "Father of the Bride".. so I taped it. When I glanced at the listing again realized I was wrong and couldn't quite place it. When I came here to look it up, I realized WHY I forgot it.. If any movie with so much comic talent was ever FORGETABLE, this is it.
Perhaps, the producers should have gone the whole nine yards and cast Whoopee Goldberg as the scheming mom.. that would have made the circle complete.. but Whoopee had already made that film - with Ted Danson. And it was a lot funnier.
TO be fair, a lot of the dissatisfaction with the film is due exactly to Billy and Robin being featured. We expect more from them and, when the writing doesn't support the capabilities of the actors, the results are exactly what we see here: Mediocre schlock.
Since Reitman was the director, that lit a (Ghostbusters) bulb; I can see Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd doing a better job with it.. or even Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis.
Perhaps, the producers should have gone the whole nine yards and cast Whoopee Goldberg as the scheming mom.. that would have made the circle complete.. but Whoopee had already made that film - with Ted Danson. And it was a lot funnier.
TO be fair, a lot of the dissatisfaction with the film is due exactly to Billy and Robin being featured. We expect more from them and, when the writing doesn't support the capabilities of the actors, the results are exactly what we see here: Mediocre schlock.
Since Reitman was the director, that lit a (Ghostbusters) bulb; I can see Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd doing a better job with it.. or even Harold Ramis and Rick Moranis.
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- pettyfog
- Mar 29, 2000
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- Language
- Also known as
- День батька
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $85,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,598,376
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,776,159
- May 11, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $28,598,376
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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