Kimberly (1999)

Four young men fall in love with the same woman and struggle to keep their pact with each other not to woo her.

Director:

Frederic Golchan

Writers:

Frederic Golchan (screenplay), Guy de Maupassant (short story "Mouche")

Stars:

Veronica Alicino, Gabrielle Anwar, Willow Anwar

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Veronica Alicino	...	Sara
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Kimberly
Willow Anwar	...	Lillie
Philippe Angers	...	Client
Sean Astin	...	Bob
Thomas Burke	...	Walter's Neighbor
Peter Bush	...	Peter Bush
Colleen Byrne	...	Jenny
Peggy Cafferty	...	Salesgirl in Babyshop
Patty Duke	...	Dr. Feinstenberger
Jean De Baer	...	Elizabeth-Scott's Mother (as Jean DeBaer)
Jim Gaffigan	...	Jim at the Ad Agency
Dixon Gillis	...	Henry Leopard
Amanda Harvey	...	Melanie
Randy Hock	...	Student

Storyline

Gabrielle Anwar stars in the romantic comedy DADDY WHO? (aka KIMBERLY). She plays Kimberly, an English girl and daughter of an Olympic rower, who agrees to coach an inept rowing team. The four guys on the team all agree not to try and woo the beautiful Kimberly, but each does so anyway. However, when she ends up pregnant and no one knows which one of them is the father, they all agree to help prepare for the baby's arrival. United by the prospect of fatherhood, the team is able to train for their rowing competition and, along with Kimberly, become a close knit family.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | four men in love with the same woman | rowing | fatherhood | train | 

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Taglines:

boy meets girl...it's not the same old story!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

Maria Thayer's film debut.

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Connections

Referenced in Video Buck: Las traducciones más mierdosas pt. 1 (2015)

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Soundtracks

Losers Weep
Written by Andy Harrison
Performed by Andy Harrison

User Reviews

Finding Love and Themselves

I like to have someone to root for,even in a romantic comedy. For the first half of this picture, I didn't have that. The woman was a player, the men were either obnoxious idiots, or disengaged losers, and there was little character development to most of them.

That's why I clicked out of netflix at the halfway point. But I wound up giving it another chance the next day and watched the second half. OK, it redeemed itself. Just barely, but I'll give it some credit.

I liked the concept: Four grown buddies who bond over rowing on the Delware River and find both love and themselves.Philadelphia looked absolutely great, if that's where it was actually filmed.

There were some questionable morality issues, but they resolved themselves for the most part by the end.

Sean Astin was his usual self. Not much of a stretch there. If you like his general routine, you will like him here. (Carefree, blue collar, slovenly, short guy) Gabrielle Anwar is about 7 years past her prime beauty era from Scent of a Woman and For Love or Money. Now she is also speaking in a British accent, which I think is her normal voice. (she played Americans in those other two films) In this film, she is at times wiry, and shows her age in terms of forehead wrinkles and some anguished facial expressions toward the end. Nevertheless, she is appealing, and you can understand why the guys like her.

I liked the last scene very much. Without spoiling it, you see that the men have found their piece of the happiness pie.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Spanish

Release Date:

28 October 1999 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

Daddy Who?

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG, Kimberly Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Color:

Color