Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Robin Williams | ... | Dale Putley | |
Billy Crystal | ... | Jack Lawrence | |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | ... | Carrie Lawrence | |
Nastassja Kinski | ... | Collette Andrews | |
Charlie Hofheimer | ... | Scott Andrews | |
Bruce Greenwood | ... | Bob Andrews | |
Dennis Burkley | ... | Calvin the Trucker | |
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Haylie Johnson | ... | Nikki Trainor |
Charles Rocket | ... | Russ Trainor | |
Patti D'Arbanville | ... | Shirley Trainor | |
Jared Harris | ... | Lee | |
Louis Lombardi | ... | Matt | |
Mark McGrath | ... | Sugar Ray Band | |
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Craig Bullock | ... | Sugar Ray Band |
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Charles Stan Frazier | ... | Sugar Ray Band |
Jack Lawrence is a smart aleck lawyer who is one day visited by an ex-girlfriend who tells him her kid was his. Enter Dale Putley, a depressed goofball who is also a writer, meets with the same ex-girlfriend who tells him her kid is his. One day Jack and Dale meet and discover what had happened: they've been told the same story and now there's a question of who the real father is. They learn their son is following a rock band called Sugar Ray around. So Jack and Dale hit the road to Sacramento and find their drunk, love-struck son. Soon after they bring him back to their hotel room, their son escapes and Jack and Dale must use teamwork to find him again, bring him home, and find out which one of them is the real father. Written by Dylan Self <Robocoptng986127@aol.com>
You would expect that when the comic talents of Robin Williams and Billy Crystal are combined the results would be fairly amusing...unfortunately they are not. This is another failed attempt by Hollywood to Americanize a French movie which is everything that this film is not. One of the biggest problems with this film is that the boy is so unlikeable - probably a fault of both the script and the actor. You can't believe that anyone would care that this little idiot ran away from home, and that two people were desperate enough to be his father to chase after him. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss & Nastassja Kinski have very little to do in their respective roles, especially Kinski, whose role is more of a cameo than a role of any substance. The entire setting and story behind the boys disappearance is ridiculous, as is the sub-plot involving Kinski's husband trying to find the boy as well. The leads are just not up to scratch compared to their usual comic abilities. A real let down, and a total waste of time.