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My Father the Hero

1994 · 90 min

A breezy, sunlit farce of escalating misunderstandings that coasts on charm and secondhand embarrassment rather than real stakes.

Directed by
Steve Miner
Genres
Family, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James
Tagline
Fathers have just one problem with raising their daughters. They grow up!
Overview
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.

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Directed by
Steve Miner
Genres
Family, Comedy, Romance
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Languages
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