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Director: Ivan Reitman
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Kinski's teenage son runs away from home in LA, after yet another row with dad. She calls old boyfriend Crystal, informs him he has a son, and suggests he go find the kid. Then she calls old boyfriend Williams, and informs him that he has a son, etc. Crystal's the relatively straight guy, a self-centred lawyer with a taste for time-saving social shortcuts, Williams - somewhat restrained - his goofier accomplice, a wimpy failed writer who flaps and emotes. Writers Ganz and Mandell (Parenthood, City Slickers) go pleasingly light on the syrup and sentimentality. A remake of Francis Verber's Les Compères (1983).Author: NB
Cast & crew
Director: Ivan Reitman
Producer: Joel Silver, Ivan Reitman
Cast: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski, Charlie Hofheimer, Patti D'Arbanville, Jared Harris, Mel Gibson full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 99 mins
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