Parenthood

1989

PG-13

2h 4m

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6.7/10

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Comedy

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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.

Directors

Ron Howard

Writers

Babaloo Mandel(screenplay by)

Lowell Ganz(screenplay by)

Lowell Ganz(story by)

Stars

Steve Martin

Mary Steenburgen

Dianne Wiest

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Top cast

Steve Martin

Gil Buckman

Mary Steenburgen

Karen Buckman

Dianne Wiest

Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

Frank Buckman

Nathan Huffner

Larry Buckman

Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins

Keanu Reeves

Tod Higgins

Harley Jane Kozak

Susan Buckman

Joaquin Phoenix

Garry Buckman-Lampkin

David Brodsky

Marilyn Buckman

Grandma

Kevin Buckman

George Bowman

Taylor Buckman

Justin Buckman

Patty Huffner

Directors

Ron Howard

Writers

Babaloo Mandel(screenplay by)

Lowell Ganz(screenplay by)

Lowell Ganz(story by)

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8/10

"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.

kevin201920 Dec, 2024