In the film, a woman (Kinski) gets two former lovers (Williams and Crystal) to help her search for her runaway teenage son by telling each man that he is the father. When the ex-boyfriends run into each other and find out what's happening, they work together to find the teenager and determine the identity of the actual father.
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Fathers' Day is a 1997 comedy film that was directed by Ivan Reitman and starred Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nastassja Kinski.
It is a remake of the 1983 French film Les Compères.
In the film, a woman (Kinski) gets two former lovers (Williams and Crystal) to help her search for her runaway teenage son by telling each man that he is the father.
Fathers' Day is a mildly diverting summer family comedy.
Fathers' Day is a remake of Les Comperes, minus some of the 1984 French film's plot convolutions and scenery.
That leaves the Fathers' Day set-up extremely weak and unbelievable as the ever-beautiful mom played by Nastassja Kinski convinces two men with whom she slept 17 years ago that each is the father of her 16-year-old son.