ComedyDrama

Parenthood

- A comedy about life, love and the gentle art of raising children.

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.

Release Date : 1989-07-31

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesImagine Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Gil Buckman

Original Name : Steve Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Karen Buckman

Original Name : Mary Steenburgen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman

Original Name : Dianne Wiest

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank Buckman

Original Name : Jason Robards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nathan Huffner

Original Name : Rick Moranis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Larry Buckman

Original Name : Tom Hulce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins

Original Name : Martha Plimpton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tod Higgins

Original Name : Keanu Reeves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susan Buckman

Original Name : Harley Jane Kozak

Gender : Female

Character Name : Garry Buckman-Lampkin

Original Name : Joaquin Phoenix

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Brodsky

Original Name : Dennis Dugan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marilyn Buckman

Original Name : Eileen Ryan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandma

Original Name : Helen Shaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kevin Buckman

Original Name : Jasen Fisher

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Bowman

Original Name : Paul Linke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taylor Buckman

Original Name : Alisan Porter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Justin Buckman

Original Name : Zachary La Voy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patty Huffner

Original Name : Ivyann Schwan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cool Buckman

Original Name : Alex Burrall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stan

Original Name : Lowell Ganz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dean at College

Original Name : Rance Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Gil Buckman

Original Name : Max Elliott Slade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lou

Original Name : Clint Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fotomat Clerk

Original Name : Lamont Lofton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amy

Original Name : Erika Rafuls

Gender : Female

Character Name : Matt

Original Name : Jordan Kessler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eddie

Original Name : Billy Cohen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barbara Rice

Original Name : Isabel Cooley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Opposing Coach

Original Name : Walter von Huene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kid in Classroom (uncredited)

Original Name : Howie Dorough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Lucas

Original Name : Greg Gerard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kevin Buckman - Age 21

Original Name : Paul Keeley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student 1 at College

Original Name : Claudio Jacobellis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Umpire

Original Name : W. Bruce O'Donoghue

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student 2 at Collage

Original Name : Hillary Matthews

Gender : Female

Character Name : Screaming Co-ed

Original Name : Sherry Ferguson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Track Official

Original Name : Todd Hallowell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Frank Buckman

Original Name : Richard Kuhlman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse at Hospital

Original Name : Charmin Lee

Gender : Female

Character Name : Redheaded Audience Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Bryce Dallas Howard

Gender : Female

Reviews

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2021-06-23

Parenthood is a great movie, and has aged well after 30 years have passed. The writing team included the writers who also gave us two other movies I like: City Slickers and Fever Pitch. Parenthood accomplishes in general what the movie Rain Man did for my wife and me. It reminded us of our autistic daughter And made us laugh at stuff that frustrated us in “real life.“ Similarly Parenthood touches upon a lot of hotspots in the parenting experience and helps us laugh at them. Their is a fine Ensemble cast. I particularly like KianU Reeves as Tod, who seems like an inappropriate boyfriend for the daughter but who proves to be valuable in mentoring their disaffected son. There are many memorable situations but one line my wife and I often quote even after all these years occurs when the other son Larry is pushed out of a still moving vehicle by people he owes money to. His father, played straight by Jason Robards, asked who they were. Tod replies that they were just some friends. The memorable line by Robards’ character is, “Friends. Friends slow down; they even stop.” The movie is full of good one-liners, as well as more in-depth sources of humor. You must give it a try if you haven’t seen it and you need a feel good movie. I suspect we will watch it again soon, as we have it on DVD And it has been a while Since we have watched it.

kevin2019

@kevin2019

2024-12-20

"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.