Why Him?

"Of all the guys his daughter could have chosen..."

2016 1h 51m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 4,496

Comedy

Synopsis

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A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter's young rich boyfriend.

“Of all the guys his daughter could have chosen...”

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Cast

Bryan Cranston
Ned Fleming
James Franco
Laird Mayhew
Zoey Deutch
Stephanie Fleming
Megan Mullally
Barb Fleming
Griffin Gluck
Scotty Fleming
Keegan-Michael Key
Gustav
Kaley Cuoco
Justine (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer
Lou Dunne

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Hamburg
Writers: Jonah Hill, Ian Helfer, John Hamburg
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Hamburg, shot by Kris Kachikis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Theodore Shapiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dean Zimmerman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Bryan Cranston and James Franco and Zoey Deutch carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Of all the guys his daughter could have chosen...".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4501244 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

John Hamburg directs. Kris Kachikis behind the camera. Theodore Shapiro scores. Dean Zimmerman cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Directed by John Hamburg, shot by Kris Kachikis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Theodore Shapiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Dean Zimmerman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Bryan Cranston and James Franco and Zoey Deutch carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Of all the guys his daughter could have chosen...".
8IMDB entry: tt4501244 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kris Kachikis
Original score: Theodore Shapiro
Editing: Dean Zimmerman
Production design: Matthew Holt
Costume design: Marlon Mizrahi
Makeup / hair: Heba Thorisdottir
Stunt coordinator: Garrett Warren
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Budget: $38,000,000
Box office: $118,102,725
Return: 311% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Why Him? (2016)

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Reno2017-09-16
★ 5/10
Printing biz meets the app biz! Paper versus digital! This is not the theme something you could see for the first time. I have seen many classics, probably you would have as well. But the difference is it was a different cast and a bit modernised. Modernised means just the story set in the todays technological trend world like almost everything that related to AI we use in our daily life. It's yet to be a lifestyle, I mean new norm. So you can see a few people who had already progressed like we say Silicon/IT guys. That's the background and with the same old concept that the parents, particularly the father of the girl meets her boyfriend. When they do, those misunderstanding, generation gap and what else, all hell breaks loose. The comedies were okay. In some places it was too much. Instead of a laugh, it only annoyed. Though there were some good jokes, except I hardly had any good laugh in my entire watch. I remind you again that it was an okay film. Some people might find it good, some won't. Still a watchable film for the good performances. It's a face-off between James Franco and Bryan Cranston as expected. Elon Musk was a surprise. It had several opportunities to be better like turnaround its narration, yet they stuck with the same concept for the whole film. So other than mild entertainment, there's nothing in it to laud. I hope it all had ended here. Please, no sequel. 5/10

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