Parenthood
A comedy about life, love and the gentle art of raising children.
A comedy about life, love and the gentle art of raising children.
Comedy, Family
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1989
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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.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
31 Jul 1989
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$20,000,000
Revenue:
$126,297,830
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 14 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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,
31 Jul 2013
fresh:
The remaining cast, young, old and in-between, is lovely.
– Sheila Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jul 2013
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,
31 Jul 2013
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,
31 Jul 2013
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,
31 Jul 2013