I Buckman sono una famiglia del Midwest che deve affrontare le varie sfide della vita: parenti stranieri, educazione dei figli, pressioni del lavoro, e imparare ad essere un buon genitore e ... Leggi tuttoI Buckman sono una famiglia del Midwest che deve affrontare le varie sfide della vita: parenti stranieri, educazione dei figli, pressioni del lavoro, e imparare ad essere un buon genitore e coniuge.I Buckman sono una famiglia del Midwest che deve affrontare le varie sfide della vita: parenti stranieri, educazione dei figli, pressioni del lavoro, e imparare ad essere un buon genitore e coniuge.
- Candidato a 2 Oscar
- 4 vittorie e 14 candidature totali
- Susan
- (as Harley Kozak)
- Garry Lampkin
- (as Leaf Phoenix)
- Justin Buckman
- (as Zachary Lavoy)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizMartha Plimpton plays the older sister of Joaquin Phoenix a.k.a. Leaf Phoenix. In real life, she dated his older brother River Phoenix for nearly five years. River Phoenix and Plimpton also appeared in two movies together.
- BlooperJulie is described as having an SAT score of 1291. SAT scores are multiples of 10.
- Citazioni
Helen: I guess a boy Garry's age really needs a man around.
Tod: Well, it depends on the man. I had a man around. He used to wake me up every morning by flicking lit cigarettes at my head "Hey, asshole, get up and make me breakfast." You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, or drive a car. Hell, you need a license to catch a fish! But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father.
- Curiosità sui creditiAt the end of the credits: "Caution: Inhaling of helium from balloons is dangerous, and can cause serious injury or death."
- Colonne sonoreI Love To See You Smile
Written and Performed by Randy Newman
Produced by Lenny Waronker
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
And was wrong.
Ron Howard is one savvy filmmaker. Maybe one of the savviest, I'm not sure. But I do know that, to make "Parenthood," he combined his savvy with all the heart he could muster (which was plenty, apparently) and that the result is a masterpiece.
Virtually every aspect of parenting is examined; moreover, it is done in a way that -- miracle of miracles! -- causes you to think, and to feel, every bit as much as it makes you laugh. Throat lumping up? Not to worry, here comes another belly-laugh to smooth it out.
The key to the film's message may lie with Jason Robards' speech --"There's no goal line in parenting, no end zone where you spike the ball and that's it . . ." -- or it may lie with Keanu Reeves -- "You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to drive a car or buy a dog . . ." -- or it may simply be Gil Buckman's (Steve Martin) heroism in salvaging his emotionally disturbed son's birthday party; then again, it might be embodied in the frantic, stressed out stoicism of Dianne Wiest's single mom character as she comes to grips with her teenage daughter's choices and impending motherhood. But wherever you find it herein, the message is simple and profound: Parenthood is nothing less than heroism on a daily basis. Quiet, unheralded, underappreciated heroism.
One of the finest things about this movie is that nobody steps out of character. There are no miraculous revelations, no nick-of-time cavalry charges or character transformations. Characters here solve their individual dilemmas by growing WITHIN their characters. And realistically, at that.
It's been said that a really good story leaves its author crying as he/she writes the final pages. Sometimes -- not often enough -- a really good movie can leave a reviewer the same way as he finishes his commentary, crying and laughing simultaneously.
Well, don't just stand there! Someone get me a Kleenex!!
- bigpurplebear
- 17 apr 2001
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 20.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 100.047.830 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 10.506.450 USD
- 6 ago 1989
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 126.297.830 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 4 minuti
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1