Robin Williams Movie Review: ***^ Father's Day (1997)

 Collette Andrews (Nastassja Kinski) asks her old boyfriend, Jack (Villy Crystal) to search for her runaway son, Scott (Charlie Hofheimer) telling him he is the father.  When he says no, she asks another ex-boyfriend, Dale (Robin Williams) with the same message, "your are the father," and Dale agrees, and turns out Jack also begins searching.  There going after him embarrasses the actual father (Bruce Greenwood)

and he also starts hunting.  His hunt however goes awry with car issues, and a tipping of the portapotty.  He does get home however.  Jack and Dale join forces.  The finally catch up with him in Sacramento at a concert.  He and his older girlfriend are following a band.  The girlfriend ditches him for a band member, and the two fathers take him to a hotel, he was passed out from drugs or alcohol.  

They are ready to take him back, but he is determined to chase the girl.  He next catches up with her in Reno, with the two fathers close behind.  He has also stolen $5000 from a drug dealer and buys a necklace for the girl.  The drug dealers are after him, and the two fathers coe through with head butts so they can get away.  They have to convince the girl to quit leading him on and be honest with him.  Then they are set to go home.  They get Scott back to his mom, who admits she lied to her two exes.  However Scott confides to them both separately that they are his father.  Robin borrows Jack's car to go to the airport, but instead picks up a girl with the fancy car, and they decide to drive rather than take a plane.  

There is enough comedy in this film to be fun.  It opens with a suicide attempt on the part of Dale which was a bit alarming.  There is also drug usage and the concert seen is also a bit disturbing.  

Movie Review: ****Finding Dory (2016)

Just back from Finding Dory and had a good time with the grandkids.  We went to the sensitivity challenged showing, and a few of the kids had difficulty getting settled at the first, but everyone was accepting, and the settled in, and we all had a good time.  We had Skylar, Bronnie, Tony, Miranda and Sheri and I.  The show was entertaining with these sea creatures telling the story of how Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) found herself in the ocean not knowing where she was from.  Nemo (Hayden Rolence) and Marlin (Albert Brooks) go with Dory to find her parents.  We meet some new characters in this show, including the whale, Destiny (Kaitlin Olson) that taught Dory how to speak whale, and Hank (Ed O'Neill) the Octopus, really septipus because he lost one leg in the kid zone of the theme park.  There is plenty of peril, and strange twists, as Dory's quest takes her to a fish sanctuary, where Sigourney Weaver announces that the goal of the institute is the "rescue, rehabilitate and release."  There is a very cute scene where hank drives a baby carrier, and then later a truck.  This film talks about the importance of family, and coming home.

Father's Day Movies

Hook One of the best father's Day Movies is Hook starring Robin Williams as an older Peter Pan, who realizes his happy spot is being a father.

Beauty and the Beast A father and daughter show incredible love for each other.

Daddy Day Care features Eddie Murphy as a father who realizes that spending time with his son is more important than being part of the business rat race.

Finding Nemo stars Albert Brooks as Marlin, a father looking for his son.  He is helped by Dory (Ellen DeGeneres).

Finding Dory again stars Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres, but we are introduced to Hank the Octopus (Ed O'Neill).

Elf features a young man (Will Carrol) who has been raised by en elf (Bob Newhart.)

The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews teaches us about fathering after widowhood.  Captain Von Trapp grows and learns to love again, which in turn leads to the family singing together.

Taken, Taken II and Taken III show fatherhood in a totally different light as Liam Neeson protects his daughter and his family

Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride II both have some very tender fathering scenes.  Of course with the marriage in Father of the Bride, this movie includes some rare pearls of wisdom from a father.

The Incredibles provide a very humorous look at a family who is struggling with controlling the super powers