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Dad

1989 · 117 min

A gentle, heartfelt drama about family bonds and aging, with moments of warmth and sadness that linger.

Directed by
Gary David Goldberg
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke
Tagline
Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one.
Overview
A busy 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. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.

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Directed by
Gary David Goldberg
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • aging
  • grief
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Gary David Goldberg
Written by
Gary David Goldberg
Starring
Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Spacey, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Zakes Mokae, J.T. Walsh
Music
James Horner
Cinematography
Jan Kiesser
Runtime
117 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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