Drunk Parents (2019)

Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighborhood schemes.

Director:

Fred Wolf

Writers:

Fred Wolf, Peter Gaulke

Stars:

Alec Baldwin, Salma Hayek, Jim Gaffigan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alec Baldwin	...	Frank Teagarten
Salma Hayek	...	Nancy Teagarten
Jim Gaffigan	...	Carl Mancini
Joe Manganiello	...	Bob Donnelly
Treat Williams	...	Dan Henderson
Michelle Veintimilla	...	Rachel Teagarten
Natalia Cigliuti	...	Betty Donnelly
Colin Quinn	...	Ryan the Bum #2
Eddie Schweighardt	...	Tristan Donnelly
Jeremy Shinder	...	Trey Donnelly
Ben Platt	...	Jason Johnson
Olivia Luccardi	...	Jessie
JoJo Kushner	...	Rose Shope
Sasha Mitchell	...	Shope
Aasif Mandvi	...	Nigel

Storyline

Frank and Nancy are a married couple living in a British-style big house. They proudly send their only daughter to college. But it turns out that the wealth of the family is not unlimited - To pay for the education of their daughter and hide financial collapse from her close ones, Frank and Nancy secretly arrange a garage sale at night, pouring it all in with alcohol.

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Plot Keywords:

marriage | alcohol | garage | mexican actress playing american character | 

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Taglines:

It's all a downward spiral.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout and crude sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

Drunk Parents was filmed in 2016 but not released until 2019.

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Goofs

The movie is set in September (as evidenced by the epilogue being on Thanksgiving "two months later"), but a large snowfall takes place during the course of the week, meaning it was filmed in winter.

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Quotes

Nancy Teagarten: My Frank and I can overcome anything.

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Crazy Credits

Despite the characters of Colin Quinn and Will Ferrell citing their names to be "Colin" and "Will", respectively, Quinn is credited as "Ryan the Bum #2" and Ferrell is not credited at all.

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Connections

Referenced in TruInside: Tommy Boy (2016)

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Soundtracks

Whiskey Jetset
Written by Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau
Performed by Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau
Published by Bird Rock Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Beacon Street Studios

User Reviews

Baldwin and Hayek should sack their agents

As a screenwriter myself I know how difficult it is to get anything produced let alone a movie. It is all the more mystifying then that something as awful as this ever saw the light of day. What is even more of a mystery is how two actors of Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek's stature were persuaded to sign up for it in the first place. I can only guess at their motives but I suspect they were doing it as a favour to the director or one of the producers. If not, both should sack their agents immediately.

The leads do their best to navigate their way through what is a painfully unfunny script but, ultimately, this will probably go down as the low point of their careers. It's a real shame as Baldwin in particular has turned in some great performances over the years - his cameo in Glengarry Glen Ross being one of my personal favourites. He and Hayek will no doubt bounce back from this but the director and co-writer, Fred Wolf - a former stand-up, unbelievably - may struggle to put this stinker behind him.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish German

Release Date:

19 April 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Drunk Parents

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,656,325

Company Credits

Production Co:

BRON Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Fortitude International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1