1989
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 57 m

1989
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 57 m

Summary While his mom recovers in hospital from a heart attack, John puts his busy life on hold to fly home and help his elderly dad around the house. John's son later joins them and they all truly bond for the first and, tragically, final time.

Directed By: Gary David Goldberg

Written By: William Wharton, Gary David Goldberg

1989
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 57 m

1989
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 57 m

Dad

Name: Dad
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1989-11-10
Duration: 1 min 57 s
Rating: 43
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Gary David Goldberg

Written By: William Wharton, Gary David Goldberg

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Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews

29% Positive
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47% Mixed
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24% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews

29% Positive
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47% Mixed
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24% Negative
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Portland Oregonian

Dad is something of a sitcom soap opera in which tragic and desperate things happen, and the participants can always snap out a one-liner for the occasion.[28 Oct 1989, p.C08]

By Ted Mahar FULL REVIEW

USA Today

If the filmmakers were after a kind of Terms of Endearment for men, they didn't get it. Instead, revel in ''golden-agers'' Lemmon and Dukakis, and have a good cry. And shed an extra tear for a golden film opportunity lost. [27 Oct 1989, p.4D]

By Susan Wloszczyna FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Yes, it's got painful and funny moments, but by the time it's all over, I was worn out coping with all Dad's manifold transformations. [28 Oct 1989, p.C3]

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The New Yorker

A the start, Lemmon has vanished almost totally into his role, but soon he's so insufferably perky and boyish and obliging that you feel he deserves the puling lines that Goldberg gives him.

By Pauline Kael FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Instead of moving the audience, Mr. Goldberg achieves the kind of effect that Jack Benny got when he played his violin. The flesh crawls.

By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Dad, showcasing Jack Lemmon in a rubber wrinkle mask (he looks like an elderly E.T.), would no doubt have won more Emmy awards for Goldberg had it aired on the tube, but on screen, it's a tearjerking embarrassment.

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TV Guide Magazine

Everything honest and hard-hitting in the book has been tastefully subverted, and the performances are scaled to meet the script's tiny demands.

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Production Company Amblin Entertainment, Ubu Productions

Release Date Nov 10, 1989

Duration 1 h 57 m

Rating PG

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Tagline Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one.

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Awards

Academy Awards, USA

• 1 Nomination

Golden Globes, USA

• 1 Nomination

Young Artist Awards

• 2 Nominations

Dad

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Jake Tremont

Ted Danson

John Tremont

Olympia Dukakis

Bette Tremont

Kathy Baker

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Kevin Spacey

Mario

Ethan Hawke

Billy

Zakes Mokae

Dr. Chad

J.T. Walsh

Dr. Santana

Peter Michael Goetz

Dr. Ethridge

John Apicella

Dr. Delibro

Richard McGonagle

Victor Walton

Bill Morey

Hal McCarthy

Mary Fogarty

Gloria McCarthy

Art Frankel

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Edith Fields

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