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Fathers' Day

  • 19971997
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
16K
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Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)
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2 Videos
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  • Comedy
  • Romance

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.

IMDb RATING
5.2/10
16K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ivan Reitman
  • Writers
    • Francis Veber(film Les Compères)
    • Lowell Ganz(screenplay)
    • Babaloo Mandel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robin Williams
    • Billy Crystal
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ivan Reitman
  • Writers
    • Francis Veber(film Les Compères)
    • Lowell Ganz(screenplay)
    • Babaloo Mandel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robin Williams
    • Billy Crystal
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 63User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos2

    Father's Day
    Trailer 2:22
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    Photos27

    Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)
    Caroline Reitman with Charlie Hofheimer during the filming of Fathers' Day (1997)
    Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)
    Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)
    Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)
    Robin Williams in Fathers' Day (1997)
    Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)
    Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)
    Fathers' Day (1997)
    Fathers' Day (1997)
    Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)
    Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Fathers' Day (1997)

    Top cast

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    Robin Williams
    Robin Williams
    • Dale Putleyas Dale Putley
    Billy Crystal
    Billy Crystal
    • Jack Lawrenceas Jack Lawrence
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    • Carrie Lawrenceas Carrie Lawrence
    Nastassja Kinski
    Nastassja Kinski
    • Collette Andrewsas Collette Andrews
    Charlie Hofheimer
    Charlie Hofheimer
    • Scott Andrewsas Scott Andrews
    Bruce Greenwood
    Bruce Greenwood
    • Bob Andrewsas Bob Andrews
    Dennis Burkley
    Dennis Burkley
    • Calvin the Truckeras Calvin the Trucker
    Haylie Johnson
    • Nikki Trainoras Nikki Trainor
    Charles Rocket
    Charles Rocket
    • Russ Trainoras Russ Trainor
    Patti D'Arbanville
    Patti D'Arbanville
    • Shirley Trainoras Shirley Trainor
    Jared Harris
    Jared Harris
    • Leeas Lee
    Louis Lombardi
    Louis Lombardi
    • Mattas Matt
    Mark McGrath
    Mark McGrath
    • Sugar Ray Bandas Sugar Ray Band
    Craig Bullock
    • Sugar Ray Bandas Sugar Ray Band
    Charles Stan Frazier
    • Sugar Ray Bandas Sugar Ray Band
    Matthew Murphy Karges
    • Sugar Ray Bandas Sugar Ray Band
    Rodney Sheppard
    • Sugar Ray Bandas Sugar Ray Band
    Alan Berger
    • Rexas Rex
    • Director
      • Ivan Reitman
    • Writers
      • Francis Veber(film Les Compères)
      • Lowell Ganz(screenplay)
      • Babaloo Mandel(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    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>
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    • Taglines
      • The reason why some animals eat their young.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Romance
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for some sex-related humor and drug references
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      As a cross-promotion, Warner Brothers had Robin Williams and Billy Crystal make guest appearances in Friends (1994).
    • Goofs
      Jack'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 credits
      Film title logo at the end of end credits
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Father's Day/Twin Town/The Fifth Element/Underworld/Children of the Revolution (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Young Boy
      Written and Performed by Paul McCartney

      Courtesy of MPL Communications

    User reviews63

    Review
    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.
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    • pettyfog
    • Mar 29, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 9, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros.
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • День батька
    • Filming locations
      • Reno/Tahoe International Airport - 2001 E. Plumb Lane, Reno, Nevada, USA
    • Production companies
      • Northern Lights Entertainment
      • Silver Pictures
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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