Dad
1989 · 1h 57m · Drama · United States of America · Rated PG (US)
Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one.
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Written & directed by
Gary David GoldbergBased on the novel by
William Wharton6.2Smart score
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based on novel or bookfather son relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipheart attacklos angeles, californiaparent child relationship
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