Dad (1989)
"Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one."
ThumbScore
👍 69%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 58%
(RT: 58%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
J.T. Walsh as Dr. Santana
Is Dad good?
It's divisive. 69% audience score, estimated from 114 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 58%.
Overview
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life. Wikipedia ↗
