Why Him?
Why Him? is a 2016 American comedy Ned goes gaga when he realizes that his daughter billionaire boyfriend is about to propose
12 November 1958, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 March 1971, Southfield, Michigan, USA
24 August 2000, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 November 1992, Los Angeles County, California, USA
31 March 1958
18 March 1967, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
May 01, 2017
The more Franco swears or flashes his tats, the less funny things become, although Keegan-Michael Key as Laird's wacky assistant does raise the odd chuckle with his Pink-Panther-style, martial-arts ambushes of his boss.January 27, 2017
The script supplies some funny gags, but they're terribly overworked and come with a welter of unnecessary comic scaffolding.December 23, 2016
Uneven but funny enough ...January 16, 2017
A romantic comedy with disparate characters, in which we can see that times are changing and now the father of the bride passes from being dominating to be the one dominated. [Full review in Spanish]December 22, 2016
For this puerile farce, director John Hamburg recycles a tired premise -- a straitlaced father disapproves of his daughter's freewheeling boyfriend -- and then drowns it in moose urine (really).December 23, 2016
It all works in theory. But the execution's off.December 22, 2016
What say we tiptoe quietly away and pretend this movie never happened?December 23, 2016
Like "Meet the Parents," but littered with F-bombs, "Why Him?" is a holiday comedy that never quite figures itself out.March 03, 2017
I recommend it with reservations, although I am also reserving the right to feel, someday, probably sooner rather than later, embarrassed for laughing at it as much as I did.January 12, 2017
A comedy where Franco's unquestionable talent is buried under a rough and crude script, and Cranston looks uncomfortable at all times. [Full review in Spanish]December 25, 2016
I'm not going to lie. I laughed - just not as frequently or as hard as I would have liked to.January 19, 2017
If, at the end of Cranston's run on "Breaking Bad," we all wondered whether he'd ever find a movie role as good as Walter White, this one is cause to shake our heads sadly.