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64% Critic Match
Dad
“Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one.”
6.4 / 10• 1989• 1h 57m•PG• English
Drama
Storyline
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Cast & Crew
Jack Lemmon
Jake Tremont
Lead
Ted Danson
John Tremont
Ethan Hawke
Billy
Kevin Spacey
Mario
Olympia Dukakis
Bette Tremont
Kathy Baker
Annie
Zakes Mokae
Dr. Chad
J.T. Walsh
Dr. Santana
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gary David Goldberg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dad is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
