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Parenthood (1989)

PG-13 07/31/1989 Comedy, Drama, Romance, Family 2h 4m
67%
User
Score
7.1/10
92%
82/100

It could happen to you.

Overview

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.

Ron Howard

Director

Babaloo Mandel

Screenplay

Lowell Ganz

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Gil Buckman

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Karen Buckman

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Frank Buckman

Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis

Nathan Huffner

Tom Hulce

Tom Hulce

Larry Buckman

Martha Plimpton

Martha Plimpton

Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Tod Higgins

Harley Jane Kozak

Harley Jane Kozak

Susan Buckman

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Media

Cowboy Dad Saves the Day

Cowboy Dad Saves the Day

Steve Martin on PARENTHOOD

Steve Martin on PARENTHOOD

Bryce Dallas Howard announces PARENTHOOD for AFI Movie Club

Bryce Dallas Howard announces PARENTHOOD for AFI Movie Club

Parenthood (1989) Trailer

Parenthood (1989) Trailer

Parenthood Movie Trailer

Parenthood Movie Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written on August 24, 2020

Parenthood is a great movie, and has aged well after 30 years have passed. The writing team included the writers who also gave us two other movies I like: City Slickers and Fever Pitch.

Parenthood accomplishes in general what the movie Rain Man did for my wife and me. It reminded us of our autistic daughter And made us laugh at stuff that frustrated us in “real life.“ Similarly Parenthood touches upon a lot of hotspots in the parenting experience and helps us laugh at them. Their is a fine Ensemble cast. I particularly like KianU Reeves as Tod, who seems like an inappropriate boyfriend for the daughter but who proves to be valuable in mentoring their disaffected son.

There are many memorable situations but one line my wife and I often quote even after all these years occurs when ...

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A review by kevin2019

Written on December 20, 2024

"Parenthood" effortlessly covers all the trials and tribulations, the successes and the failures, the hopes and the disasters of being a parent in the modern age while also managing to underscore some of the truths about the hardships of being both a child and an adult at the same time. According to this film a man's life is all about having to do things while a woman's life is all about responsibility. Life isn't all swings and roundabouts, it is all roller coasters and roundabouts. The highs and the lows. The good and the bad. The rough and the smooth. A fistful of cliches? It doesn't matter because this film cheerfully wheels them out one by one and dusts them off and successfully manages to refresh them in a very entertaining manner....

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