Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Rick Moranis

The Buckman family is a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.

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PG-13, 124 min.

Directed by: Ron Howard

Release Date: August 2, 1989

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DVD Release Date: March 31, 1998

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  • September 24, 2009
    An average 80?s family comedy
  • July 4, 2008
    Cllassic Steve Martin, sadly remembered for that cowboy birthday party scene. Trust me, there is more. If anything, this is an underrated Drama. New parents (like me) will find plenty to love, and older parents will need a new pair of pants ready. Very funny, sad, realistic and s...( read more)erious. The cast are teriffic throughout, look for an especially young Keanu Reeves in the role he was born for!!! We are all this dysfunctional to some degree,..... right? Fun, sad and ultimately very entertaining!
  • March 3, 2008
    Great film, Ron Howard trying to establish himself as a director post-Cocoon.
  • February 19, 2008
    steve martin should play something else than the dad again
  • August 26, 2007
    Standard film, mediocre, nothing further, worth one watch or two.
  • November 19, 2009
    ron howard who direct this film of with steve martin the funniest starring of family gil buckmans and with a plenty of cast that also in buckman family who performed in each scene. not bad this film as steve martin is so hilarious actor of some of funny each scene. i recognize th...( read more)e child star ivyann schwan(as performed rick moranis's character daughter)who from the 1991 "problem child 2". so some of the good other cast is doing as well doing performed and the gil & karen's younger son is so silly and kinda cracked me up with naked kid from beginning lol. anyway good of the ron howard of director of the film.
  • November 14, 2009
    Ron Howard is amazing, and this is an amusing perspective on family life and... well, parenthood.
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • September 1, 2009
    First movie I saw at a drive-in,still funny and relateable to todays familys.Dianne Wiest is awesome in this movie.
  • August 16, 2009
    Stupid in the extreme.

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  • rachelleqld
    August 15, 2009
    I am desperately after a copy of this movie. Even a burnt copy will do. Willing to swap other movies. If you have this movie, please message me. Any regions okay.

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