Fathers' Day
Warner Bros. | Release Date: May 9, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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7
Mixed:
12
Negative:
8
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38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence 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]
33
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
If Fathers’ Day really had been released in the mid-’80s, I’d have said it was so funny I forgot to laugh. Read full review
30
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Robin Williams and Billy Crystal can each provoke a lot more laughs in a minute of standup than they jointly manage during the entire running time of Fathers' Day. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Fathers' Day offers little in the way of comic relief. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A brainless feature-length sitcom with too much sit and no com. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Travesty. Read full review
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A lamebrained American remake of the classic, bitter French farce "Les Comperes," Fathers' Day offers sporadic laughs of the lowest kind -- the old outhouse-bites-man thing -- but some conspicuous idiocy as well. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubKeith 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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