Parenthood (1989)
85%RT Audience Score: 76%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Bolstered by a delightful cast, Parenthood is a funny and thoughtfully crafted look at the best and worst moments of family life that resonates broadly
Parenthood is the perfect movie for anyone who has ever been a parent, had a parent, or knows someone who is a parent. It’s a hilarious and heartwarming look at the ups and downs of family life, with a cast of characters that you can’t help but love. From the stressed-out mom trying to juggle work and family, to the dad who just wants to be cool, to the grandparents who are still trying to figure out this whole parenting thing, Parenthood has something for everyone. So grab some popcorn, settle in, and get ready to laugh, cry, and maybe even learn a thing or two about what it means to be a parent.
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Distributor
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Release Type
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MPAA / Certificate
TV-PG
Year of Release
1989
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:16:9 HD
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Runtime:NA
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 31, 1989 Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 19, 2009
Genre(s)
Comedy/Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Keanu Reeves, Harley Jane Kozak, Martha Plimpton, Joaquin Phoenix, directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, comedy, drama, box office success, budget, reviewed by Desmond Ryan, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Gene Siskel, Sheila Benson, Dave Kehr, Jay Boyar, PG-13, family life, parenting, siblings, teenage pregnancy, marital conflict, dysfunctional family, personal film, Brian Grazer, surround sound, perfectionist, deficiencies, stress, clashes, immature, young son, emotional separation, atoning, lousy father, thoughtfully crafted, relatable, believable, hilarious, true, emotional, powerful, touching, grand cast, fine performances
Worldwide gross: $100,047,830
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US/Canada gross: $100,047,830
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
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Mary Steenburgen – Karen Buckman
Dianne Wiest – Helen Buckman
Jason Robards – Frank Buckman
Rick Moranis – Nathan Huffner
Tom Hulce – Larry Buckman
Director(s)
Ron Howard
Writer(s)
Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Producer(s)
Brian Grazer
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (58) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (5)
The fulcrum of the film is Martin. It’s an adventurous and successful stroke of casting that takes advantage of what the audience expects from him.
July 31, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
Desmond Ryan
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
This movie has its share of laughs, but it’s also Ron Howard’s most personal film, and clearly his most ambitious.
July 31, 2013
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Parenthood easily could have focused exclusively on yuppie parents and their kids; however, the script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is more sophisticated than that, remembering that every parent is still a child too.
July 31, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
The remaining cast, young, old and in-between, is lovely.
July 31, 2013
Sheila Benson
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
With Parenthood, Howard as a director has discovered weight, but not gravity. For all of its admirable seriousness, the film finally floats away.
July 31, 2013 | Rating: 2/4
Dave Kehr
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
There’s not a scene in Parenthood that isn’t involving: The actors keep reaching into themselves and coming up with gold.
July 31, 2013
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel
TOP CRITIC
What better way to deal with it than through catharsis?
April 14, 2021
Jim Rohner
Battleship Pretension
Plenty of realistic drama makes its way into the slightly exaggerated scenarios.
September 6, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
…an engaging and often engrossing picture that benefits substantially from the efforts of a uniformly superb cast…
June 26, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
The glorification of fatherhood in today’s films combined with the portrayal of women in the same movies as little more than breeding machines… is a treason against active motherhood and an attack on women who choose not to have children.
September 7, 2019
Kathi Maio
Sojourner
A feel-good sitcom about three generations of middle-class California suburban dwelling parents trying to deal with their vexing children as they experience growing pains.
July 1, 2017 | Rating: B-
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
It’s hard to imagine a theme more universal and filled with human pitfalls than parenthood. And it’s hard to imagine a movie treatment of that theme more humane and filled with gentle sympathy than director Ron Howard’s Parenthood.
August 13, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Dennis King
Tulsa World…
Plot
Parenthood follows the struggles of perfectionist Gil Buckman as he navigates the deficiencies of his children and the stress of his siblings’ problems, including a teenage pregnancy, marital issues, and an immature brother with a young son he can barely handle.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of Parenthood includes Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, and a preteen Joaquin Phoenix credited as Leaf Phoenix.
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