My Father the Hero

"Fathers have just one problem with raising their daughters. They grow up!"

Feb 4 1994 PG 1h 30m
Comedy, Romance

A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover. Remake of the 1991 French film Mon père, ce héros.

Plot

Andre (Gérard Depardieu), a Frenchman divorced from his American wife takes his teenage daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl), on vacation with him. She's desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl, so in order to impress a local boy, she makes up more and more ridiculous stories, starting with Andre being her lover. Andre is desperate to make Nicole happy and so plays along with her crazy games, and the stories they make up get increasingly bizzare.

Written by

Gérard Lauzier, Francis Veber, Charlie Peters

Directed by

Steve Miner

Production Countries

France, United States of America

Production Companies

Cité Films, Film Par Film, DD Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Edward S. Feldman Company

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
11,938
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
42
Popularity
NA