Why Him?

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Movie
German title Why Him?
Original title Why Him?
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 112 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 14
Rod
Director John Hamburg
script John Hamburg,
Ian Helfer ,
Jonah Hill
production Shawn Levy ,
Ben Stiller ,
Jonah Hill,
Dan Levine
music Theodore Shapiro
camera Kristian Kachikis
cut William Kerr ,
Dean Zimmerman
occupation

Why Him? ( English for Why him? ) Is an American film comedy from John Hamburg from the year 2016 . James Franco and Bryan Cranston can be seen in the leading roles .

action

Ned Fleming is a father of two and the owner of the Fleming Company printing company in Grand Rapids, Michigan . Together with his wife Barb and their 15-year-old son Scotty, he plans to visit his daughter Stephanie, who is studying at Stanford University .

When the family arrives there, they are amazed to find that Stephanie is dating a young entrepreneur named Laird Mayhew. This soon turns out to be completely rowdy and outrageous, which causes Ned to develop a real hatred of him. Even Stephanie's assurances that Laird is basically a nice person and that he makes her happy cannot change Ned's mind. When Laird asks Ned for his daughter's hand, all else fails and he does everything in his power to prevent the wedding. Laird in turn tries to impress his potential father-in-law by all means in order to be able to marry Stephanie after all. He buys Ned's print shop in order to be able to pay off the accumulated debts. On Christmas Eve, he receives Ned's consent to marry Stephanie. However, Laird does not accept Laird's proposal, but wants to continue to meet with him. The print shop is converted into a very successful plumbing factory that is involved in third world projects.

background

The idea for the film allegedly came from actor Jonah Hill , who created it loosely based on his own experience. The film was shot in Los Angeles by 21 Laps Entertainment , Red Hour Productions and TSG Entertainment from mid-February 2016 and had an estimated budget of $ 38 million.

Several celebrities have in the movie cameo appearances , inter alia Steve Aoki , Elon Musk , Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley .

criticism

Critics awarded Why Him? mixed reviews. He has a rating of 40% on the Rotten Tomatoes website , based on 123 rated reviews and an average rating of 4.9 / 10. The bottom line is: “With a proper cast, but misunderstood by the general public, Why Him? for a laugh or two, but adds little to the worn-out subject of 'fiance versus father'. "

The film service said: "Sometimes irritatingly vulgar, sometimes funny and charming comedy that draws its humor from the contradictions of the characters and the worlds they represent."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Release certificate for Why Him? Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. Age rating for Why Him? Youth Media Commission .
  3. "Why Him?": Challenged Liberality on abendzeitung-muenchen.de, accessed on January 13, 2017.
  4. 'Rogue One' to dominate Christmas box office as 'Sing' and 'Passengers' open on latimes.com, accessed January 13, 2017.
  5. Why Him? at Rotten Tomatoes (English)Template: Rotten Tomatoes / Maintenance / "imported from" is missing
  6. Why Him? Review on filmdienst.de, accessed on January 13, 2017.