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Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes58%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
114 audience votes
Key crew
- Gary David GoldbergDirector
- Gary David GoldbergWriter
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jack LemmonJake Tremont
- Ted DansonJohn Tremont
- Ethan HawkeBilly
- Kevin SpaceyMario
- Olympia DukakisBette Tremont
- Kathy BakerAnnie
- Zakes MokaeDr. Chad
- J.T. WalshDr. Santana
- Peter Michael GoetzDr. Ethridge
- John ApicellaDr. Delibro
- Richard McGonagleVictor Walton
- Art FrankelDMV Instructor
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookparent child relationshipheart attacklos angeles, californiafather son relationshipgrandfather grandson relationship