My Father the Hero

Name: My Father the Hero
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: February 4, 1994
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Ann Hearn, Dalton James, Faith Prince, Frank Renzulli, Gérard Depardieu

1994

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: February 4, 1994 | PG

Starring: Ann Hearn, Dalton James, Faith Prince, Frank Renzulli, Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Lauren Hutton, Manny Jacobs, Robyn Peterson, Stephen Tobolowsky

Summary: A teenage girl (Katherine Heigl) on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father (Gérard Depardieu) tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her boyfriend.

Director: Steve Miner

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 90 min

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Jay Carr

The film works because Depardieu is relaxed enough to turn in persuasive acting that keep us from noticing how plastic the setup is. [4 Feb 1994, p.52]

Brian Lowry

Offers some of the same breezy charm as its environs. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Most of the humor is sophisticated slapstick, which Depardieu mastered in the hilarious trio of Francis Veber comedies he did with Pierre Richard in the '80s. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

How Depardieu rises above this nonsense about a girl who tries to make a beau more interested by telling him that her father is actually her lover is something that a physicist should explore. It defies gravity. [4 Feb 1994, p.04]

Empire Phillipa Bloom

Depardieu is his usual charismatic self but the script fails to translate well with the generic traits suddenly appearing so much obvious in English. Read full review

Janet Maslin

Katherine Heigl, playing the teen-age daughter who is mistaken for Mr. Depardieu's girlfriend, parades about in skimpy bathing suits, displaying almost everything but a sense of humor. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

A hateful ”family” comedy based on jokey insinuations of incest. Read full review

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Rcavey92212

Apr 18, 2020

For some odd reason I absolutely love this movie. It's so wrong on so many levels especially since it's basically poking fun at pedophilia amongst other inappropriate things. But it just holds a special place for me. Maybe its because I saw it with my friends freshman year in high school.For some odd reason I absolutely love this movie. It's so wrong on so many levels especially since it's basically poking fun at pedophilia amongst other inappropriate things. But it just holds a special place for me. Maybe its because I saw it with my friends freshman year in high school. And also kinda fell for the cute boy. It centers around an absent father played by an adorably goofy Gerard Depardieu (Bogus) and his sassy, attitudey, liar of a daughter played by a perfectly **** young Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up). They go on a vacation to a tropical island and because she wants to appear older than she is cooks up a lie that her father is actually her boyfriend. Like I said it's so wrong but hilarious hijinks ensue including but not limited to a scene in which the father performs "Thank heaven for little girls" at the resort talent show. The movie is funny and heartfelt and it hits all the right overly dramatic notes for a gem of a guilty pleasure. It's also directed by pulp horror director Steve Miner of Halloween H20 and Warlock.

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Box Office: $25m

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