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Fathers' Day (1997) -- A man finds out that he is infertile, and tries to find out who is the real father of his children.
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Overview

User Rating:
4.7/10   6,225 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Francis Veber (film Les Compères)
Lowell Ganz (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 May 1997 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The reason why some animals eat their young. more
Plot:
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
User Comments:
disappointing more (39 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sex-related humor and drug references.
Runtime:
98 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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One of 2 1997 films to star Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the other being Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry (1997). more
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Continuity: Jack's martini while he's eating lunch with Colette. more
Quotes:
Scott: Why are you doing this?
Jack Lawrence: We're your fathers.
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Soundtrack:
Put on a Happy Face more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
disappointing, 26 June 2000
5/10
Author: MundaneNoodle from leominster, ma

Very flat and predictable story. Robin and Crystal do make an ideal on-screen duo. Too bad they chose this script to do it. They can't save this mess. There are some very funny parts, but it's overshadowed by a poor story. It seems like those two and Julia Dreyfuss are the only ones making an effort. Charlie Hofheimer was very annoying and the rest of the characters looked liked they'd rather be in another film.

A supposed big laugh was intended when Bruce Greenwood's character stepped into a Port-o-san, a truck backs into it, and it falls over into a ditch, implying that the interior is now flooded with human excrement, with him stuck inside. I have no aversion to gross-out toilet humor, but that is just not funny. From there the movie goes from going downhill (no pun intended) to a flat-out nosedive. I don't think I even lasted to the end.

I can only hope that these two immensely talented actors will try to work another film together, but please choose something a little less insulting. Normally this would score a four, but Crystal and Williams bump it up to a 5/10.

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