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My Father the Hero (1994 film)
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Wikipedia article
'My Father the Hero' is a 1994 French-American comedy-drama directed by Steve Miner and starring Grard Depardieu and Katherine Heigl. It is an English-language remake of the 1991 French film 'Mon pre, ce hros,' which also starred Depardieu in a similar role.
Plot
Andr Arnel (Grard Depardieu), a Frenchman divorced from his wife, takes his teenage daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl), on vacation with him to The Bahamas. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl, so in order to impress a local boy Ben (Dalton James), she makes up more and more ridiculous stories, starting with Andr being her lover and leading to some bizarre assumptions by the rest of the community.
Andr is desperate to make Nicole happy (especially as she is increasingly upset by his relationship with girlfriend Isobel) and so plays along with her crazy games, and the stories they make up get increasingly bizarre.
Cast
*Grard Depardieu as Andr Arnel, Nicole's father
*Katherine Heigl as Nicole Arnel, Andr's daughter
*Dalton James as Ben
*Lauren Hutton as Megan Arnel, Andr's ex-wife and Nicole's mother
*Faith Prince as Diana
*Stephen Tobolowsky as Mike
*Ann Hearn as Stella
*Robyn Peterson as Doris
*Frank Renzulli as Fred
*Manny Jacobs as Raymond
*Jeffrey Chea as Pablo
*Stephen Burrows as Hakim
*Michael Robinson as Tom
*Robert Miner as Mr. Porter
*Betty Miner as Mrs. Porter
*Emma Thompson as Isobel, Andr's girlfriend ('uncredited')
*Roberto Escobar as Alberto
Filming
Filming occurred during the summer of 1993. It was filmed on Paradise Island, Bahamas at the One & Only Resort, now known as The Ocean Club by Four Seasons Resort.
Reception
Box office
The film debuted at number 4 at the US box office behind 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective', 'Mrs. Doubtfire' and 'Philadelphia'. It went on to gross $25.5 million in the United States and Canada and $19.3 million internationally for a worldwide total of $44.8 million.Critical response
The film received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 20%, based on 15 reviews, with an average score of 4.4/10.Year-end lists
* Top 10 worst (alphabetical order, not ranked) William Arnold, 'Seattle Post-Intelligencer'Soundtrack
The film featured music and appearances by the Bahamian junkanoo band Baha Men. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack.
*"Back to the Island"
*"Mo' Junkanoo"
*"Gin and Coconut Water (Traditional)"
*"Land of the Sea and Sun"
*"Oh, Father"
*"Island Boy"
References
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