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Fathers' Day (1997) Rank 5 Reviews
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Walter Frith
Film buffs have waited for quite sometime to see the teaming of two of Hollywood's funniest men. Robin Wiliams and Billy Crystal have finally pulled it off with hilarious results in 'Father's Day'. This film reportedly took about thirteen agents between ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Walter Frith
Ben Hoffman
The story is of a married woman, Collette Andrews (Nastassja Kinski) whose 16yearold son. Scott (Charlie Hofheimer) has run away from home. When Collette feels that her husband, Bob, (Bruce Greenwood, is not up to the task of finding their son, she ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Ben Hoffman
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Robin Williams and Billy Crystal are two of the funniest guys on the planet. Ivan Reitman is an experienced comedy director with hits likeGhostbustersandTwinsto his credit. The highly regarded screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
What are the odds that the two would-be fathers of one woman's son would be two of the biggest comedians of the screen today!? Well, they're fair enough if you see Father's Day, yet another Ivan Reitman (Beethoven, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, et. al.) ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
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Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
I did laugh. Williams and Crystal can make almost always make me laugh. But there is nothing in Father’s Day that you can’t find better somewhere else. ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Michael Dequina
The underachievement of Fathers' Day does not have so much to do with the performers involved than the material. The film is based on the 1983 French comedy Les Comperes, starring Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard, a blah, often labored farce which I ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Michael Dequina
Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Father's Day is a mildly humorous comedy that, though enjoyable, doesn't quite live up to the talents of its cast. Jack (Billy Crystal) is a high powered lawyer who shares one thing in common with Dale (Robin Williams), a struggling artist. Seventeen ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Cinematter (Matt Williams)
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
This is a funny movie, but it's not the hilarious, laugh-a-minute production you're probably expecting. The main fault for that lies with the premise and its ensuing lackluster plot. While the idea that one of two completely different men might be the ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
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Movie Gurus (John Ulmer)
Sue me: I liked it. ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Movie Gurus (John Ulmer)
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Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Inoffensive, predictable, obvious, "Fathers' Day" is all the things a major studio comedy wants and needs to be. If you noticed that funny is not on the list, go to the head of the class.
Because humor, real humor, involves an element of daring, ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
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Never reaches the expected heights of hilarity. ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
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Michael Redman
Based on the 1984 French "Les Comperes", the movie is an odd couple buddy road trip film. Happily married Collette (Kinski) is disparate to find her runaway 16 year old son. Being a friendly sort 17 years ago, she knew both Jack (Crystal) and Dale ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Michael Redman
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Les Comperes, by Francois Veber)Fathers' Day is yet another American remake of a French comedy that falls flat on its face from an absence of quality humor. Perhaps most of the humor is lost in translation or perhaps the French just seem to handle broadly ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Steve Rhodes
Colleen, being a generous sort, decides to share the good news with others. She finds hot shot lawyer Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) and proudly announces that he is Scott's dad. Oh yes, and could he go looking for him? With Jack's skills at head butting ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Steve Rhodes
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
A lame plot and less than hilarious lines by two of the funniest men in the world...make Father's Day more of a downer than an uproarious good time. ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
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Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
FATHER'S DAY is an unfunny, unmoving sentimental comedy, about two middle-aged men (Robin Williams and Billy Crystal) who team up to find a 17-year-old runaway who may or may not be one or the other's son. Forget the missing jokes or the glaring lack of ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Fathers' Day simply has to be seen to be believed. It's beyond my comprehension how a motion picture with so much talent associated with it -- actors Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, super-producer Joel Silver, and director Ivan Reitman -- can be such a ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
With the addition of Fathers' Day to his uneven resume, film maker Ivan Reitman can
now boast "the ugly" in addition to "the good" and "the bad." As a director, Reitman has been
responsible for several entertaining movies, including ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Scott Renshaw
That plot shouldn't have been too hard to pull off. Crystal and Williams are funny, talented men, and the screenwriting team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel has produced charmers like SPLASH, PARENTHOOD and CITY SLICKERS. FATHERS' DAY, however, isn't ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Scott Renshaw
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
``Father's Day'' is a brainless feature-length sitcom with too much sit and no com. It stars two of the brighter talents in American movies, Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, in a ...read the complete Fathers' Day movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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