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Parenthood

1989 • 2h 4m •
Comedy Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 6.7/10
750 reviews
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Parenthood

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.

"It could happen to you."

Top Billed Cast

Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Gil Buckman
Mary Steenburgen
Mary Steenburgen
Karen Buckman
Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Jason Robards
Jason Robards
Frank Buckman
Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis
Nathan Huffner
Tom Hulce
Tom Hulce
Larry Buckman
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves
Tod Higgins

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

P Peter McGinn Verified TMDB Critic
2020-08-24

Parenthood is a great movie, and has aged well after 30 years have passed. The writing team included the writers who also gave us two other movies I like: City Slickers and Fever Pitch.

Parenthood accomplishes in general what the movie Rain Man did for my wife and me. It reminded us of our autistic daughter And made us laugh at stuff that frustrated us in “real life.“ Similarly Parenthood touches upon a lot of hotspots in the parenting experience and helps us laugh at them. Their is a fine Ensemble cast. I particularly like KianU Reeves as Tod, who seems like an inappropriate boyfriend ...

K kevin2019 Verified TMDB Critic
2024-12-20

"Parenthood" effortlessly covers all the trials and tribulations, the successes and the failures, the hopes and the disasters of being a parent in the modern age while also managing to underscore some of the truths about the hardships of being both a child and an adult at the same time. According to this film a man's life is all about having to do things while a woman's life is all about responsibility. Life isn't all swings and roundabouts, it is all roller coasters and roundabouts. The highs and the lows. The good and the bad. The rough and the smooth. A fistful of cliches? It doesn't matter...