Themes: Family Vacations, Vacation Romances, Fathers and Daughters
Main Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton, Faith Prince
Release Year: 1994
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Disney not only recycled the French farce Mon Pere, Ce Heros but brought back the lead actor of the original, Gerard Depardieu, for the Americanized remake My Father, the Hero. Depardieu plays Andre, the loving but neglectful French father of fourteen-year old Nicole (Katherine Heigl), who now wants to be called Nicky. To make up for lost time, Andre picks up Nicole from the condo of his ex-wife Megan (Lauren Hutton) to take her on a vacation to the Bahamas. Nicole, bitter at her father's frequent absences and embarrassed to be seen with him in the Bahamas, concocts a tale in which she tells her fellow vacationers that Andre is her lover -- and an ex-con to boot. Andre, oblivious to whom everyone thinks he is, tries to act like a father taking his daughter on a trip, shocking everyone with unintentional double entendres. At the same time, Nicole is making eyes at the handsome Ben (Dalton James). ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Stephen Tobolowsky - Mike; Ann Hearn - Stella; Robyn Peterson - Doris; Frank Renzulli - Fred; Yusef Bulos - Cab Driver; Judy Clayton - Ben's Mother; Robert Escobar - Alberto; Manny Jacobs - Raymond; Sid Raymond - Elderly Guest; Emma Thompson - Isabel (uncredited); Anthony Delaney - Hotel Bartender; Michael Robinson - Tom; Steve Wise - Ben's Father; Dianne Crittenden
Credit
Pamela Woodbridge - Art Director, Dianne Crittenden - Casting, Vicki Sanchez - Costume Designer, Dennis P. Maguire - First Assistant Director, Steve Miner - Director, Marshall Harvey - Editor, Ed Feldman - Executive Producer, David Newman - Composer (Music Score), Christopher Nowak - Production Designer, Patricia Woodbridge - Production Designer, Daryn Okada - Cinematographer, Ted Adams Swanson - Production Manager, Ted Adams Swanson - Producer, Jacques Bar - Producer, Jean-Louis Livi - Producer, Don Ivey - Set Designer, Bob Cooper - Special Effects, Charlie Peters - Screenwriter
André (Gérard Depardieu), a Frenchman divorced from his wife, takes his teenage daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl), on vacation with him. 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.
