Dad

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-11-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (3489 Reviews)

Director:

Gary David Goldberg

Genres:

Drama Comedy

Cast:

Jack Lemmon Ted Danson Olympia Dukakis Kathy Baker

Writer:

William Wharton (novel)

Gary David Goldberg (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A busy, "always-on-the-run" executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. In the process, he teaches his father to be more independent which causes problems with the man's wife. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.

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