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Film · 0 connectionsDad (1989)
- Drama
- 117 min
- PG age guide
- ★ 6.4/10 from 114 ratings
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Directed byGary David Goldberg
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