Fresh
The fulcrum of the film is Martin. It's an adventurous and successful stroke of casting that takes advantage of what the audience expects from him.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
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Parenthood
Overview
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Director and cast
- Ron Howard Director
- Steve Martin as Gil Buckman
- Mary Steenburgen as Karen Buckman
- Dianne Wiest as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
- Jason Robards as Frank Buckman
- Rick Moranis as Nathan Huffner
- Tom Hulce as Larry Buckman
- Martha Plimpton as Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
- Keanu Reeves as Tod Higgins
- Harley Jane Kozak as Susan Buckman
- Joaquin Phoenix as Garry Buckman-Lampkin
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This movie has its share of laughs, but it's also Ron Howard's most personal film, and clearly his most ambitious.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Parenthood easily could have focused exclusively on yuppie parents and their kids; however, the script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is more sophisticated than that, remembering that every parent is still a child too.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
The remaining cast, young, old and in-between, is lovely.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
With Parenthood, Howard as a director has discovered weight, but not gravity. For all of its admirable seriousness, the film finally floats away.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
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