Father's Day (1997)

Hollywood has a long and proud tradition of remaking French films badly (The Assassin, My Father The Hero), but on paper at least Ivan Reitman's Father's Day seems to stand a better chance than most. There was always a risk that, together with Parenthood writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, the Private Parts director would turn Les Compères (which starred Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu) into a goo-dripped pile of sentimental, quip-clogged Americana. But surely the genius of Robin Williams and Billy Crystal would be enough to carry the film through? Sadly the answer is "No".

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