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- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 38 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 38 m
Summary When a workaholic young executive (Kristen Bell), is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father (Kelsey Grammer). The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few adventures, a couple of umbrella-clad cocktails and a whole l...
Directed By: Lauren Miller Rogen
Written By: Anders Bard, Lauren Miller Rogen
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 38 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 38 m
Like Father
52
5.3
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Summary When a workaholic young executive (Kristen Bell), is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father (Kelsey Grammer). The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few adventures, a couple of umbrella-clad cocktails and a whole l...
Directed By: Lauren Miller Rogen
Written By: Anders Bard, Lauren Miller Rogen
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
52
40% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
52
40% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Bell and Grammer are wonderful playing off one another. Funny when the moment calls for funny, authentic and believable when the moment calls for substantive drama.
The movie’s arc is too conventional by half, but the appeal of the two main actors keeps it (sorry) afloat, maybe more than it should.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 User Ratings
5.3
31% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
41% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
28% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 User Ratings
5.3
31% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
41% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
28% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
I grew up watching Kelsey Grammar as the lovable and strange psychiatrist dispensing life lessons as a patron of Cheers. I followed his character, Frazier Crane, move to Seattle to host a radio talk show and navigate life there with his brother and live-in father. I’ll admit, Frazier influenced me like an uncle, so I was curious how he would show up in the Netflix movie Like Father.
Playing the role of Harold in this movie, Grammar is joined by Kristen Bell, his estranged, and successful daughter cast as Rachael. The film quickly, and thankfully, navigates the unoriginal bride-left-at-the-alter set-up into the main event; a honey moon cruise that turns into a reconciliation tour. A week long tour that ends on shore in a perfectly unfinished moment. The cast of characters that shape this tale are mostly other honeymooners assigned as ‘table-mates’ for the cruise. The stereo-typed mix of personalities make for a delightful, if not predictable set of scenes. Directed by Laura Rogen, who also wrote the screen play, the film extracts enough out of each character to move the main event along without sidetracking the viewer. The main event, of course, is the unwinding of both Harold and Rachael as individuals and as a father-daughter duo which leads to an eventual moment of reconciliation.
There is drama, laughter, suspense, and the seemingly mandatory Netflix make-the-audience-cringe scene; a mini-tryst between Rachael and a Canadian teacher (Seth Rogan) is simply gross. Sorry Laura, but Seth does not measure up to Kristen Bell on screen, or off. The films leaves the audience feeling good, yet unfinished. There is the expected reconciliation, and first wave of forgiveness between Harold and Racheal, but not a definitive end. When Harold and Rachael join together to sing a rendition of Come Sail Away by Styx, you believe It caps off a journey and a cruise that brought them together again. But this well crafted movie offers one more voyage to a final scene that ends with a memorable embrace. Reminiscent of an episode of Frasier, or a rant from Dr. Crane on Cheers, the movie shares a simple lesson; Love can be shared, without being spoken. ~ PinkPants and Salt
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It won't win any Oscars, but it is an entertaining movie. Sure, the plot is predictable and the movie doubles as a cruise commercial, but it is a worthwhile journey. It has more emotional depth than I first thought it would. Kristen Bell is exceptional and Kelsey Grammar is very good.
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This is a safe, sometimes synthetic story of two people in pretty settings finding a way to overcome their history and connect to one another, the beats all scheduled as conventionally as in the interchangeable comfort food movies on the Hallmark Channel.
Directed by Lauren Miller Rogen, it’s a predictable comedy of reconciliation. But it boasts substantial pleasures, largely on account of the performers.
As much a commercial for Royal Caribbean cruises as it is a dramedy about a bumpy daughter-dad reunion, Like Father swamps its workable emotional core and adept lead turns with some slapdash plotting and a raft of floating festivities.
It’s an undemanding watch, easily digestible while on in the background, but even easier to forget.
So, if you like piña coladas, or movies in which severe childhood trauma can be hugged out on an ocean cruise, then you’ll like Like Father. For everyone else, skip the imitation and seek out “Toni Erdmann” instead.
I enjoyed this movie. Expected it to be a light-hearted picture without a complicated plotline or complex characters and that is what I got. My wife described it as almost a Hallmark movie - but with a little more profanity!
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There's never a plot point or joke the audience isn't ahead of the film by a mile, but Grammer and Bell have excellent chemistry and bring a lot of sweetness to what is essentially an 105-minute Royal Carribean commercial.
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"Like Father" falha em alguns aspetos, principalmente no enredo e nas personagens, no entanto, o final é bastante agradável e engraçado.
6/10
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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