Fathers' Day

Name: Fathers' Day
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: May 9, 1997
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Billy Crystal, Bruce Greenwood, Charles Rocket, Charlie Hofheimer, Dennis Burkley

1997

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: May 9, 1997 | PG-13

Starring: Billy Crystal, Bruce Greenwood, Charles Rocket, Charlie Hofheimer, Dennis Burkley, Haylie Johnson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski, Patti D'Arbanville, Robin Williams

Summary: A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Director: Ivan Reitman

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 98 min

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Desson Thomson

Crystal’s deadpan expressions and one liners interlock perfectly with Williams’s multiple personalities and verbal asides. They’re like basketball all-stars flipping no-look passes, trading slam-dunks and practically chest-bumping each other. Director Ivan Reitman doesn’t have to do more than keep time. Read full review

Janet Maslin

Not surprisingly, there are some slow patches and formulaic touches, but that's a fair trade for the fun of watching Mr. Williams and Mr. Crystal make an irresistible comic team. Read full review

Robert Dominguez

At least Williams and Crystal, old pals off the screen, seem to be enjoying themselves. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

The mechanical possibilities are worked out with precision and relish, but [the director] is careful not to allow the comedy to linger too long in the realm of real feelings. A platitudinous ending restores a safe and sane emotional order.” Read full review

Peter Stack

Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, teaming for the first time on the big screen, are moderately fun but suffer from what looks like a case of too-calculated Hollywood packaging. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Maybe Hollywood has used this "uptight guy liberated by free spirit" idea too many times. Either way, this is a form of recycling that no longer pays off. [9 May 1997, p.1E]

Keith Phipps

Add to these problems the fact that Fathers' Day is a comedy starring two reputedly hilarious people who don't make you laugh once, and you have a movie that would be great if everything about it weren't terrible. Read full review

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