Rotten
Father's Day has a few laugh-out-loud sequences, but it's nothing to celebrate.
Carol Buckland, CNN.com
Fathers' Day
All she said was "My son is yours." Unfortunately, she said it to both of them.
1997 · 1h 39m · PG-13
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Ivan Reitman
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Fathers' Day
Overview
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
Director and cast
- Ivan Reitman Director
- Robin Williams as Dale Putley
- Billy Crystal as Jack Lawrence
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Carrie Lawrence
- Nastassja Kinski as Collette Andrews
- Charlie Hofheimer as Scott Andrews
- Bruce Greenwood as Bob Andrews
- Dennis Burkley as Calvin the Trucker
- Haylie Johnson as Nikki Trainor
- Charles Rocket as Russ Trainor
- Patti D'Arbanville as Shirley Trainor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
25%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A movie of implacable unfunniness.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
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.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Williams and Crystal often supply, through their ad libs, what the writers may have left out.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
Hey, it sounded good on paper.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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