Synopsis
When a workaholic young executive, is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few hilarious adventures, a couple of umbrella-clad cocktails and a whole lot of soul-searching, they return with a renewed appreciation for family and life.
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Cast
- Kristen BellRachel Hamilton
- Kelsey GrammerHarry Hamilton
- Seth RogenJeff
- Amber HodgkissGinny
- Zach AppelmanSteve
- Brittany RossAmy
- Alex PérezPorter
- Paul W. DownsJim
- Leonard OuztsDan
- Blaire BrooksBeth
Recommendations
- 75
IndieWire
However afraid she is to let things get too serious, Miller Rogen is powerless to erase the emotional undertow that carries this story forward. All of the pent-up animosity her movie doesn’t know what to do with becomes its greatest asset. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
The movie’s arc is too conventional by half, but the appeal of the two main actors keeps it (sorry) afloat, maybe more than it should. - 70
Paste Magazine
This film is occasionally funny. But not super-funny. It’s occasionally poignant. But not a heavyweight on the drama side, either. - 63
RogerEbert.com
This is a safe, sometimes synthetic story of two people in pretty settings finding a way to overcome their history and connect to one another, the beats all scheduled as conventionally as in the interchangeable comfort food movies on the Hallmark Channel. - 50
Los Angeles Times
As much a commercial for Royal Caribbean cruises as it is a dramedy about a bumpy daughter-dad reunion, Like Father swamps its workable emotional core and adept lead turns with some slapdash plotting and a raft of floating festivities. - 42
The A.V. Club
Perversely, it’s only after Like Father is in the clear from its potentially ridiculous set-up that it really starts to trade in phony sitcom-movie bullshit. - 40
The Guardian
It’s an undemanding watch, easily digestible while on in the background, but even easier to forget. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Despite the professionalism of the acting talent, Like Father feels distressingly retrograde.
