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Fathers' Day

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Jack (Billy Crystal) is a straitlaced lawyer with a loving wife (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Dale (Robin Williams) is suicidal about his stalled career as an artist. The only thing they have in common is Colette (Nastassja Kinski), with whom they both had an affair years ago. Unbeknownst to the two men, she had a son, Scott (Charlie Hofheimer), who is now missing. After she tells Jack and Dale that one of them could be the father, the pair set out to find Scott and prove who the real father is.
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Critics Consensus

A maudlin misfire, Father's Day manages the difficult task of making Billy Crystal and Robin Williams woefully unfunny.

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Carol Buckland CNN.com 07/14/2014
Father's Day has a few laugh-out-loud sequences, but it's nothing to celebrate. Go to Full Review Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal 07/14/2014
A movie of implacable unfunniness. Go to Full Review Desson Thomson Washington Post 07/14/2014
For the comic actors, this project -- an enjoyable synthesis of improvisation and adherence to the original story -- seems almost too easy. You wonder why it took them so long. Go to Full Review Quentin Falk Sunday Mirror (UK) 12/18/2024
3/5
Madcap Williams and deadpan Crystal are good value as always, but they are partnered in a glossy farce about fatherhood which doesn't fully match up to their talents. Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 09/11/2020
2/10
It's a wonder that these stars couldn't produce a funnier result, even with the faults of a weak script and poor pacing. Go to Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel 08/04/2020
1/5
This thoroughly sad and lazy comedy pairs Robin Williams and Billy Crystal as would-be fathers searching for a Sugar Ray-obsessed teenage wastoid. Unfunny non-hijinx ensue. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Akaysha P Jan 1 A really funny movie, laughed the whole time See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 14 Funny in 01 hour, 39 minutes, and 08 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $28,700,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Robin Williams was gone in 17 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Copyright 1997-2025 Warner Brothers Discovery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed in color for the release date of May 09th, 1997!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Christopher J 12/26/2024 yet another comedy where robin williams steals the show funny but the story sucks See more 07/10/2022 This is a solid one star movie. It shouldn't have been. Billy Crystal and Robin Williams finally did a movie together and it absolutely sucks. The idea is there. Robin's character is someone who is totally nuts, but it isn't funny. It's awkward. About half way thru the movie I found myself asking, 'why do I care about this movie'? Your mind knows that Billy Crystal is not really married to Julia Louis Dryfuss and that the kid is not really their kid. You know that they both really never went out with the chick. You're not buying it. I chuckled a few times, mostly was scoffing at how unfunny it was and didn't work. The soundtrack is so 90's. Which makes it feel outdated. The best this movie could do was spotlight Sugar Ray and that's saying something. The opening is an over two minute montage set to credits to a slideshow of, at the time, in your mind, some totally unknown kid you have no idea who this is. See more 03/21/2021 A fantastic escapade with just the right balance of humor and provocation. A unique storyline with Crystal and Williams having a great yin and yang. Needs to be brought up more when we discuss Robin's work. See more 11/23/2020 I don't get the hate. Love these two together. So many funny lines and a Mel Gibson cameo to end all cameos. See more Read all reviews
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Ivan Reitman

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Robin Williams

Dale Putley

Billy Crystal

Jack Lawrence

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Carrie Lawrence

Nastassja Kinski

Collette Andrews

Charlie Hofheimer

Scott Andrews

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Synopsis Jack (Billy Crystal) is a straitlaced lawyer with a loving wife (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Dale (Robin Williams) is suicidal about his stalled career as an artist. The only thing they have in common is Colette (Nastassja Kinski), with whom they both had an affair years ago. Unbeknownst to the two men, she had a son, Scott (Charlie Hofheimer), who is now missing. After she tells Jack and Dale that one of them could be the father, the pair set out to find Scott and prove who the real father is.
Director
Ivan Reitman
Producer
Joel Silver, Ivan Reitman
Production Co
Warner Bros., Northern Lights Entertainment, Silver Pictures
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 9, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$28.7M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround
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