FATHERS' DAY
A film review by Michael John Legeros
Copyright 1997 Michael John Legeros
(WB)
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, based on the film Les
Comperes by Francis Veber
Cast Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Charlie Hofheimer, Bruce
Greenwood, Nastassja Kinski, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
MPAA Rating "PG"
Running Time 102 minutes
Reviewed at General Cinemas at Pleasant Valley, Raleigh, NC
(09MAY97)
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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. For- get the missing jokes, or the glaring lack of sympathetic characters, or the wasted talents of two talented comedians, or the throwaway role for Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Most stupefying is the premise itself: we are to believe that a happily married woman (Natassia Kinski) has no other re- course than to contact her decades-since-seen lovers? I mean, her husband is already on the case. Doesn't she have any friends or family who can also assist? Idiotic. Directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, all of whom can do (and have done) better.
Grade D+
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