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Summary
After suffering a heart attack, a world-famous and hard-drinking actor is forced to drive across country with his estranged son-who testified against him in his parents' divorce-on one last madcap adventure.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+30)
Critics 33Audiences 63GoodWatch 39
Tomatometer33%
Audience score72%
IMDb5.3
Running time
1 h 37 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10097Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 27 more
Released
2018
August 31, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
23 of 23
Jeremy IronsAtticus
Jack HustonAdam
Mamie GummerAnnabelle
Megalyn EchikunwokeClementine
Ben SchwartzJimmy
Will PattonWisdom
Poorna JagannathanDr. Fisher
Frankie FaisonDeacon Frank Dodge
Catherine DyerDorothea
Colby MinifieDanielle
Owen HarnArnold
Larry PineJack Dorner
Whitney GoinAdela Dodge
Julia Valentine LarsonJulia
Inder KumarDoctor Kumar
Danielle LynNicole
Alexandra FickenAmanda- MEMonica EdelhoffNatalie
- TNTimothy NicholsWilliam
Liz McGeeverLiz
Cory Scott AllenMark Keane
Jeff CampanellaLance- KNKai N. TureEliza Dodge
Directing · 1
- Steve Clark Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Thomas Moffett Writer
Production · 1
- Christopher Kelly Production Assistant
Camera · 1
- John Bailey Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Anne McCabe Editor
Sound · 3
- Tony Morales Original Music Composer
- Michael J. McDonald Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Mixer
- Terah 'Bishop' Woodley II Sound Effects Editor
Art · 3
- Gae S. Buckley Production Design
- Patrick Cassidy Set Decoration
- Jennifer R. Blair Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Peggy Stamper Costume Design
- Leigh Ann Yandle Makeup Department Head
Visual Effects · 3
- May Satsuki Asai Visual Effects
- Wanyan Zhu Visual Effects
- Grant Inouye Visual Effects
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