My Father the Hero (1994 film)

My Father the Hero is a 1994 French-American comedy-drama directed by Steve Miner and starring Gérard Depardieu and Katherine Heigl. It is an English-language remake of the 1991 French film Mon père, ce héros, which also starred Depardieu in a similar role.

For the French language original, see My Father the Hero (1991 film). For the Jet Li film, see My Father is a Hero.

My Father the Hero
Theatrical poster
Directed bySteve Miner
Screenplay byFrancis Veber
Charlie Peters
Based onMon père, ce héros
by Gérard Lauzier
Produced byJacques Bar
Jean-Louis Livi
Starring
CinematographyDaryn Okada
Edited byMarshall Harvey
Music byDavid Newman
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures
Release date
  • February 4, 1994 (1994-02-04)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesFrance
United States
LanguagesFrench
English
Box office$45 million[1]

Plot

André Arnel (Gérard Depardieu), a Frenchman divorced from his wife, takes his teenage daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl), on vacation with him to The Bahamas. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl, so in order to impress a local boy Ben (Dalton James), she makes up more and more ridiculous stories, starting with André being her lover and leading to some bizarre assumptions by the rest of the community.

André is desperate to make Nicole happy (especially as she is increasingly upset by his relationship with girlfriend Isobel) and so plays along with her crazy games, and the stories they make up get increasingly bizarre.

Cast

Filming

Filming occurred during the summer of 1993. It was filmed on Paradise Island, Bahamas at the One & Only Resort, now known as The Ocean Club by Four Seasons Resort.

Reception

Box office

The film debuted at number 4 at the US box office behind Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Mrs. Doubtfire and Philadelphia.[2] It went on to gross $25.5 million in the United States and Canada and $19.3 million internationally for a worldwide total of $44.8 million.[3][1]

Critical response

The film received negative reviews from critics.[4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 20%, based on 15 reviews, with an average score of 4.4/10.[7]

Year-end lists

Soundtrack

The film featured music and appearances by the Bahamian junkanoo band Baha Men. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack.

  • "Back to the Island"
  • "Mo' Junkanoo"
  • "Gin and Coconut Water (Traditional)"
  • "Land of the Sea and Sun"
  • "Oh, Father"
  • "Island Boy"

References
  1. "Worldwide rentals beat domestic take". Variety. February 13, 1995. p. 28.
  2. Fox, David J. (February 8, 1994). "Weekend Box Office : 'Ace Ventura' Detects a Winning Take". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  3. "My Father, the Hero". Box Office Mojo. IMDB.com, Inc. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  4. Maslin, Janet (February 4, 1994). "Review/Film; Depardieu's Bahamian Vacation". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  5. Rainer, Peter (February 4, 1994). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'My Father' a Sordid Remake of a Sex Comedy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  6. Ebert, Roger (February 4, 1994). "My Father the Hero". RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  7. "My Father, the Hero (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  8. Arnold, William (December 30, 1994). "'94 Movies: Best and Worst". Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Final ed.). p. 20.
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