Review of Father's Day (2009) by Johnny T — 11 Jul 2013

Father's Day has nothing new to add to the world of film comedy. Robin Williams and Billy Crystal are funny, but not memorably so. No masterpiece but undeniably heavy on laughs, the movie is put over by the buffed, lubricated dynamics of two leads who substantially transcend what is otherwise a borderline tepid dose of family values. The screenplay by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel ('Splash', 'Gung Ho', 'Parenthood', 'City Slickers', 'Greedy') contains enough of their jokes which some find offensive but others find their humour squirmingly funny. Director Ivan Reitman ('Stripes', 'Ghostbusters', 'Twins') finds a formula good enough to make this comic escapade work as he relies on allowing the two leads to improvise many scenes which make them such brilliant comedians. I did laugh. Williams and Crystal can make almost always make me laugh. But there is nothing in Father's Day that you can't find better somewhere else.

VERDICT: "In The Zone" - [Mixed Reaction] These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says buy an ex-rental or a cheap price of the DVD to own. If you consider cinema, ask for people's opinion on the film... (Films that are rated 2.5 or 3 stars).