Father's Day Movie Review 1996

The comedy team of Williams and Crystal makes its feature film debut in this affable take on fatherhood. Freelance writer Putley (Williams) unites with attorney Lawrence (Crystal) to help their mutual ex-girlfriend Kinski search for her runaway son (she's led each man to believe he's the boy's father). Their quest leads to some inevitable sticky situations, but the erratic, adolescent Williams is wonderfully balanced by the calm, upstanding Crystal. Who needs a son when you have to deal with Williams? Together, they're fun to watch and almost make you forget the contrived plot. Almost. Remake of the 1984 French film "Les Comperes."

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Teen Angst, Buddies, Law & Lawyers, Writers, Suicide, Dads, Stolen from France

Screenplay

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Cast

Louis Lombardi, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Nastassja Kinski, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Charlie Hofheimer, Bruce Greenwood, Jared Harris, Patti D'Arbanville, Charles Rocket, Dennis Burkley

Cinematography

Stephen Burum

Director

Ivan Reitman

Music

James Newton Howard

Producer

Joel Silver, Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Daniel Goldberg, Silver Pictures, Northern Lights, Warner Bros.