Why Him? (2016)

Directed by

John Hamburg

Genre

comedy film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 4,436 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A protective father visits his daughter for Christmas and meets her eccentric tech billionaire boyfriend. The dad tries to stop the boyfriend from proposing.

lightheartedcringeyfast-pacedsillyfarcicalawkwardwarmover-the-top

What happens

Why Him? is a 2016 American romantic comedy film directed by John Hamburg, written by Hamburg and Ian Helfer based on a story by Jonah Hill, produced by Hill, Shawn Levy, and Ben Stiller, and stars James Franco and Bryan Cranston with Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Cedric the Entertainer, Griffin Gluck and Keegan-Michael Key in supporting roles. The film follows a father who tries to stop his daughter's immature tech-millionaire boyfriend from asking her to marry him. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 17, 2016, was released by 20th Century Fox in the United States on December 23, 2016. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a financial success, grossing $118.1 million worldwide on a $52 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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