Since the tragic death of his wife in an automobile accident, John (Danny DeVito) has been raising his two sons, Jack (Robert J. Steinmiller) and Darian (Miko Hughes), by himself. Many of his neighbors consider John to be the perfect parent, but drinking too much brings out his d...( read more)
Bert Remsen, Danny DeVito, Erica Yohn
It's not hard to see what attracted director Marshall Herskovitz (TV's thirtysomething) and writer Steve Zaillian (Schindler's List) to this tragicomic story of a widower trying to keep...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 14, 2004
Stats: 160 reviews
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July 3, 2008
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March 4, 2008
I had no idea what this movie was about when I came across it fliping through channels...but it's DeVito so I stopped to take a look lol...so I hit the info button...Jack (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.) and Dylan Leary (Miko Hughes) and quirky dad John (Danny DeVito) start over in 19...( read more)
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January 12, 2008
I had no idea what this movie was about when I first saw it. I thought it was simply going to be a cute kids movie about learning to love your quirky next door neighbor. I should have known better, as Gary Sinise always plays evil so well. It was a little scary there at the end b...( read more)
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November 12, 2009
Pretty good movie about a single dad raising his two kids as best as he can.
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April 29, 2009
what a terrible film
now danny devito is brilliant and its a pretty decent filkm if it was just kept to having a dad who clearly is dipresses becuase of the loss of his wife so he turns to drink so the elder brother then fills as though hes got a lot o his shoulders as he has t...( read more) -
April 23, 2009
Danny De Vito is brilliant in this but its quite a boring, weird film!
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