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Fathers' Day [DVD] [1997]

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  • Actors: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski, Charlie Hofheimer
  • Directors: Ivan Reitman
  • Writers: Francis Veber, Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz
  • Producers: Ivan Reitman, Daniel Goldberg, Francis Veber, Gordon A. Webb
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Arabic
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Sep 1998
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CX8C
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,305 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Billy Crystal plays the straight man to neurotic Robin Williams when these two very different individuals join forces to find a runaway teenager. Both, you see, have been told they are the boy's father by Nastassja Kinski, with whom each had once been involved. This Disney production is based on the more humorous French farce, Les Compères, by Francis Veber (who cowrote this adaptation). It has its moments as breezy entertainment, but the plot is sloppy enough to seem more like slapstick than sophisticated comedy. The gags are contrived, and it fails to unfold with believability, or grace. More interesting than the writing are the performances, as Crystal brings surprising depth to his cynical lawyer and Williams is exceptionally fine-tuned as a suicidal and dippy writer with a very kind heart. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com --This text refers to the VHS edition of this video

Special Features
Wide Screen
DVD 5
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
Interactive Menus
Production Notes
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars OK, 11 Dec 2000
After a long opening-credit sequence featuring a new, sugary-sweet Paul McCartney song, a grief-stricken mother (Nastassja Kinski) approaches an all-business trial lawyer, Jack (Crystal), claiming that he is the father of her runaway teen (Charley Hofheimer), and has the responsibility of finding him. When Jack initially balks, she tries the same line on the suicidal Dale (Williams), a failed performance artist who gets a new lease on life when he hears the news. Eventually, Jack comes around, and soon both potential daddies are in hot pursuit of the wannabe delinquent who's following a rock band from San Francisco to Sacramento and Reno. Joining the mad chase are a couple of scummy drug dealers, Jack's wife (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and the man who raised the kid (Bruce Greenwood), who is desperate to make good with his son (you see, he thinks he's the father, too). If this all sounds vaguely familiar, it could be that you've seen the original, the vastly superior French farce Les Compères, which starred Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu. Or maybe you've caught a few reruns of My Two Dads. Frankly, most of the humor in Fathers' Day seems recycled, because it is. And even if you haven't seen jokes about guys in Armani suits at a punk-rock show before, it feels like you have. With their comic material lacking, the two leads show a command of the more serious, emotional aspects of their characters--as evidenced by the countless good-bye sequences, in which they both make their newfound hope palpable, despite some shoddy dialogue.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I liked it, 21 Mar 2003
By David Langley "enigma" (Lancs, UK) - See all my reviews
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Just about to watch it again, normally I don't like Billy Crystal but I think he shines in this film. Robin Williams fantastic as always. Script may be lacking in places but it is bound to make you laugh a few times, all you want in a light hearted comedy.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Distinctly Average In All Departments, 14 Aug 2001
This review is from: Fathers' Day [VHS] [1997] (VHS Tape)
The premise of Fathers' Day sounds like one of those ideas that was born in a boardroom rather than a creative mind. A woman tells two former boyfriends that they are the father of her teenaged son, who has run away. Naturally, these guys become instantly paternal, reluctantly join forces, and set out to find the kid who may or may not be theirs. The teaming of Robin Williams and Billy Crystal provides some good moments, although at times Crystal seems to be too much of a straight man. Williams has plenty of scope to be...well, himself - which means that some sickly sentimentality is eventually allowed to creep in. In fact, the film is quite promising until the pair of wannabe dads make contact with their supposed offspring. He turns out to be such a snivelling loser that any sane person would disown him rather than try to save him from the conveniently cartoonish drug dealers he owes lots of money to. The kid is also infatuated with a girl who couldn't care less. When she finally tells him that he is boring, you find yourself shouting "Yes!" at the screen. Even so, Williams and Crystal provide plenty of pleasant and undemanding entertainment along the way. But the film is so built around them that it wastes the talents and sexy presence of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Natassia Kinski. Having said that, there is a nice uncredited cameo by Mel Gibson. Not a bad film if you're looking for a nicely mindless comedy. But everyone involved has done much better work elsewhere.
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