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Dad

Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one.

1989 · PG · 1h 57m

Directed by Gary David Goldberg

6.4

TMDB audience score
114 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Jack Lemmon
    Jake Tremont

  • Ted Danson
    John Tremont

  • Ethan Hawke
    Billy

  • Kevin Spacey
    Mario

  • Olympia Dukakis
    Bette Tremont

  • Kathy Baker
    Annie

  • Zakes Mokae
    Dr. Chad

  • J.T. Walsh
    Dr. Santana

  • Peter Michael Goetz
    Dr. Ethridge

  • John Apicella
    Dr. Delibro

  • Richard McGonagle
    Victor Walton

  • Art Frankel
    DMV Instructor

  • Gregory Itzin
    Ralph Kramer

  • Vickilyn Reynolds
    CCU Nurse