Kidskycom
It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Armand
not nice, not inspired, not beautiful or a good role for Jack Lemmon. but an useful film. useful for remind old, elementary fashion things about family links. useful for remind the role of miracles and the essence of freedom. useful for the viewer who rediscover memories about parents. useful and profound touching. sure, it is a good occasion for remind experiences from past for the survivors of them. for many - only a sentimental drama with few drops of comedy. sure, it is far to be a masterpiece. but important is its small status to remind the essence of family life not only as fruit of Christmas or another significant event but as root of everyday existence. short, three generations of good actors - few extraordinaries and a very useful story.
alvin2112
Had potential but fell completely flat because of Ted Danson's inability to act in any emotional way. He had one believable scene where he displayed real anger, but other then that, he ruined this movie. I was disappointed because for all the top talent this movie had, it just fell flat. Plot line was disjointed and undeveloped. Yet somehow it still seemed like it was 2 and 1/2 hours long, it dragged. I think if Kevin Spacey and Ted Danson would switch roles, this movie might have worked. I didn't like Dukakus acting at all, what was with the New York accent in southern California? After living in southern Cal. for 30 years do you think it would be that strong?? The positives would be the great acting of Jack Lemmon and Ethan Hawke. They did great jobs and were enjoyable to watch.
Cristi_Ciopron
Lemmon gets here an important and ferociously painful to watch feral role.No need to mention that Lemmon immediately gets the upper hand of the other actors.The rest of the cast is simply unimportant.I detest the people who asked Lemmon to act in this movie;it was unspeakable fiendish to ask an only 64 years old Lemmon to appear in such a role.The script narrates many facts,with many twists.An oldster,Jake,78 years,has his insipid routine:the garden,the greenhouse.He "knows his environment".His wife is tough,sarcastic,authoritarian,prosaic,dry;she cares about Jake,but in a wrong,crushing way.She has a heart attack.While she is hospitalized,Jake's son,a "boss",a successful businessman,comes to live with his father and takes charge of him.He finds Jake older than he expected;so,he treats his so old father well,gives him chicken in red wine,etc..Jake learns to drive,does some sport,seems to live again.And,suddenly,he is struck by a misfortune.He got an urinary problem.Then,shock,coma,and a recovery.In fact,he slipped out of his nightmarish world,it hurts him no more.He is a "succesfull schizophrenic",and entirely taken over by his "joy in living" ("sex at all hours",as his wife complains;masquerades;lots of eccentricities).It seems this is the real,the final "Jake T.".He is on the fringe of death.He resumes his life:"We just got off the track a little... a lot".(No need to say that this proletarian, "worker",oldish, senile, decomposed,lop-sided Lemmon character is not the Lemmon we knew from Days of Wine and Roses ,Save the Tiger ,Irma La Douce ,Missing.)"Dad" is an atrocious, dreary,sore, mournful movie.Mind-butchering, brain-slaughtering story. It is psychologically brutal and very cruel.It is a punch in the stomach.
casey_choas66
This movie hits, it hits very hard. No one is let off easy in this film about an old man (played to perfection by Jack Lemmon) who has his wife do everything for him. BUt his wife has a heart attack and is put in the hospital. His son (Ted Danson) has to return home to take care of his father. What comes from there is an adventure that will warm you heart as fast as it will break it. Jack Lemmon is very believeable as the father that you will believe that he actually is 85 years old and Ten Danson has never been better in a film. This film devlves into hard topics such as divorce, marraige and family relationships and none of these subjects are delt with lightly and is sure to bring a tear to the eye of everyone whether you can realte to these characters or not.
