Father of Invention PG-13
Sometimes the best ideas are homegrown.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 25, 2011
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kevin Spacey, Camilla Belle & Johnny Knoxville | |
Performer: | John Stamos, Virginia Madsen, Heather Graham, Michael Rosenbaum, Red West & Craig Robinson | |
Directed by | Trent Cooper | |
Screenwriting by | Trent Cooper & Jonathan D. Krane | |
Composition by | Nick Urata | |
Cinematography by | Steve Yedlin |
Entertainment Reviews:
27%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 2,319
Though it's got a few good ideas going for it, Father of Invention doesn't seem to know what kind of movie it wants to be.
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Rating: 2/5 --
Father of Invention is as forgettable as it is predictable.
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IONCINEMA.com
Rating: C+ --
A weird and fitfully fresh comedy with a name-heavy cast that almost methodically fumbles away a viewer's engagement, leaving them with thoughts of what could have been.
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Shockya.com
Rating: 1.5/5 --
The screenplay, by Mr. Cooper and Jonathan D. Krane, is so sketchy that it feels like a hastily executed first draft.
New York Times
Rating: 2/5 --
For all its eagerness to please, you'd think Father of Invention could come up with at least one sister of independence.
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Time Out
Rating: 2/10 --
Father of Invention is not without its comic moments. Unfortunately, they take place during the end credits.
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We Got This Covered
Rating: 2/5 --
Like Graham and Madsen, Spacey too often gets lost in smaller projects that aren't worthy of his talents. He, and his costars, deserve a more inventive movie than this one.
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New York Daily News
Kevin Spacey gives a typically soulful performance, but otherwise the film falls far short of being as inventive or confident as its main character.
Screen International
Product Description:
An entrepreneur with a world-class ego has to rebuild his empire and his family relationships from scratch in this comedy. Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey) built a multi-million-dollar business out of selling household gadgets through television infomercials, and managed to alienate nearly everyone around him when fame and wealth turned him into an arrogant loudmouth. When one of Axle's products turns out to be dangerous and causes several thousand customers to lose a finger, he loses his fortune and spends eight years in prison for gross negligence. Back on the street, Axle is broke but determined to find a way back to the top, though he's just a bit more humble than he used to be and wants to win back the love of his daughter, Claire (Camilla Belle), whom he neglected as a child, and his ex-wife (Virginia Madsen). Things go badly for Axle on his first day working at a big-box discount store, and he's left with little alternative than to ask Claire to let him stay with her; she and her roommate, Fibbi (Heather Graham), aren't so sure this is a good idea, but they grudgingly agree and end up helping Axle in his bid to redeem himself. FATHER OF INVENTION also stars Johnny Knoxville, Craig Robinson, and Michael Rosenbaum.
Product Info
- UPC: 013132363493
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