Father and Scout

1994
5| 1h32m| PG| en
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A father gets a crash course in the outdoors in this made for television comedy for kids. Comedian Bob Saget stars as an urban living dad who decides to take his son Michael (Brian Bonsall) -- working his way to Eagle Scout -- on a camping trip. Poor dad is well-meaning, but fumbles his way through a series of mishaps.

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Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Sean Richard McCarthy It is a funny thing.... I didn't want to watch this movie, because I don't really care for Bob Saget. However, I do like Brian Bonsall. So I went ahead and watched it. I found it pretty good, despite Bob Saget. In fact, I rather enjoyed Bob's acting in it. He fit the part perfect. I guess I should overlook Bob's stupid acting in America's Funniest Home Video's. So if you want to watch a pretty funny movie, with a good story line, this movie will do just fine..... :)
spencer10 I happened to pick this film up at my local Blockbuster one weekend and was surprised because it was not bad. The story involves a paranoid author named Spenser Paley (Bob Saget, who I believe filmed this in his second to last season of "Full House".) Saget has not been spending to much time with his son (Brian Bosnall, form Family Ties. When Bosnall gets invited to go on a camping trip with his school Saget does nothing but ruin it by complaining. His companion is Stuart Pankin (who played the sheriff in Arachnophbia.) His enemy is David Graf (Who played Sam in The Brady Bunch Movie.) I loved Bob Saget growing up on Full House so it is not too surprising I enjoyed it. I will warn you however there are many corny jokes and if you are not a Saget fan stay away from it. Otherwise enjoy the show! Rated PG for some vulgarity and violence.
ksmith-90 Sagot did a good impression of a working father that is inept when it comes to the great outdoors. His character will make you laugh at times also, whenever he makes remarks about the condition of the camp. The Story was OK, however it isn't anything new, but I guess it won't confuse you either. Kids may or may not find it funny, it really depends on them, and if they know Bob Sagot. I found it interesting, but not amazing. Definitely something to watch if your looking for something that has a few laughs and an OK story. All in all, it was good and it isn't to long, so you don't lose anything by watching it - well except about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Wfordgurl16 A few years ago, I found out that Father and Scout was on TV one week through my local TV-station listings. For some crazy reason, I used to like this movie. I later rented it from one of my local video stores. I always thought I was one of the dorkiest people in the world because I thought this film was good. My mom even bought me this movie for Christmas 3 years ago. Today, in a grown-up young woman's point of view, I believe this movie is horrible. The scenes were not at all funny, the acting was terrible, and it didn't have a good plot. This movie also had people getting hurt and I even saw one of the actors in it throw a screaming fit because he was getting wet. I also saw 2 people fight in the movie. It looked like some of the boys fighting at school. This movie costed $10 at my video store and I wish I could have my money back. I think I'll throw it in the trash or burn it because it may be too late to return it now.