Truly Dreadful Film

People are voting emotionally.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

When Scott (Charlie Hofheimer) goes missing, his mother (Nastassja Kinski) informs two of her former lovers that he could be their son. Jack (Billy Crystal) is a lawyer and is skeptical but when his business takes him to San Francisco, he looks for Scott, only to run into the extremely neurotic Dale (Robin Williams) who believes Scott is also his son.Robin's neurotic character allows him to go through his various character routine which made him a star in the 80's. Together with Crystal they make for a pretty good film comedy duo. The plot was fairly stale and only the strength of Williams and Crystal pulled this thing through. 3 1/2 stars.PARENTAL GUIDE: No f-bomb, sex, or nudity. Some minor sex talk. A soft PG-13 rating.

This is one of the films that Robin Williams did during the Nineties and did not survive the test of time. The actor had a long career, with dozens of films, but several of these little comedies are now forgotten. The movie is not bad, but at the time it was a box office failure and the TV's and video stores ended up not betting too much on it, which contributed to make it a forgotten work today.The script is simple: when a young teenager runs away from home because of a girl, her mother decides to call two former boyfriends by telling them, and warning that any of them may be the child's father. And so creates a hilarious confusion, in which the two potential daddies are rushing to help the rebellious teenager who, in fact, is in trouble but does not want the help of anyone.The movie is not as bad as many people say. There is decidedly quality material here, with good moments of humor and situational jokes, in which Williams shows what it's worth. Next to him is Billy Crystal, another comic actor with talent, although less known. The way they both relate, initially tense and later collaborative, is the core of the whole film and gives rise to lots of comic situations. Nastassja Kinski and Julia Louis-Dreyfus also enter this film, but their characters are of lesser relevance and this film will not be particularly notable for any of them. Charlie Hofheimer gave life to the young fugitive, and is as good as he could be, without particularly shining.Observing well, I understand why everyone criticized this film so hard. It is not brilliant, nor does it make you laugh with laughter. Its a funny comedy, sentimental and focused on the passing of some positive moral ideas about the family. Seeing the film under this prism improves it, but will never be a film for more than one or two views.

This to my knowledge is the only film that Robin Williams and Billy Crystal made together, and in my opinion it is a good showcase for two very funny actors at the top of their game.The plot is simple enough and the great thing about that is that lends itself more towards the dynamic between the characters being shown in lots of different scrapes. There's strong verbal and physical comedy and the two actors bounce off each other so well.My only fault with the film, as others have said, is that we have a rushed ending that both doesn't paint the mother in a very good light or give us the conclusion we hoped for. In a very funny comedy it is sad to see the ending just fade away.Overall, while not being the best film either of these two actors have been in, it is still better than most of the 'comedies' we see today.

Robin Williams and Billy Crystal are two of the funniest comedians of their generation, and they combine forces for this comedy, about two fathers who go searching for their respective suns who ran away. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, and Natasha Kinski. I went to see this movie, appropriately enough, with my father. The movie was alright, but considering the talent involved this movie should have been much funnier. The two just seem to be sleepwalking through a badly done script. In this movie they play two fathers trying to track down their respective sons, who have run away together. While it may not be the most original the two should have been able to be funny enough to make this movie work. Unfortunately these two men are above these roles. The two have done far funnier roles separately, and it is too bad, that these two comedians get together so rarely on screen, and it is even more unfortunate this collaboration falls so short. Don't get me wrong this isn't a bad movie, and it does have some good moments, but it could have been funnier. Watch for an appearance by Mel Gibson in an interesting role.