Why Him?
A loving father (Bryan Cranston) cannot allow a happy-go-douchie millenial millionare (James Franco) to marry his daughter in this comedy. From the director of I Love You, Man.
Over the holidays, Ned (Cranston) and his family visit his daughter (Zoey Deutch) at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (Franco). The straight-laced Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for his daughter. The one-sided rivalry and Ned’s panic level escalate when he finds himself increasingly out of step in the glamorous high-tech hub, and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.
- Director:
- John Hamburg ('I Love You, Man', 'Along Came Polly', 'Safe Men')
- Writer:
- John HamburgIan Helfer
- Cast:
- James FrancoBryan CranstonMegan MullalyZoey DeutchGriffin GluckKeegan-Michael KeyAndrew RannellsCasey WilsonCedric the Entertainer
Reviews & comments
Could have been the comedy of the year but blows itself apart with F-bombs and worse.
The holy grail of comedy is to make you laugh but there are many different types of laughter. It can range from a joyful belly laugh about the funny side of being human to a cringe laugh based on the psychology of shame and embarrassment. Joyful comedy makes us feel good while cringers lessen us. The sit-com Why Him (2016) goes hell-for-leather at extreme...
Vulture
pressThe question in this movie's title gets a lot of use. A version of it could also apply to pretty much everyone involved, especially Cranston.
Variety
pressIt's bluntly cheeky, it goes on for too long, but the concept keeps on giving.
Time Out
pressThe title isn't the only "why" question viewers should be asking themselves.
The New York Times
pressProving definitively that slapping Mr. Franco's scenery-eating grin on any old drivel doesn't guarantee entertainment, "Why Him?" is trite, crass and insultingly moronic.
New York Post
pressThere is a passable 85-minute comedy in here, caked in an additional 30 minutes of flab. Call it a dad-bod comedy.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAlmost nothing anyone does registers as recognisably human; it's all just a pretext for yet another round of envelope-pushing outrageousness.
FilmInk
pressWhy Him? is the best Judd Apatow movie that Judd Apatow had nothing to do with: it's sweet, raunchy, big-hearted, and very, very funny.
Vulture
pressThe question in this movie's title gets a lot of use. A version of it could also apply to pretty much everyone involved, especially Cranston.
Variety
pressIt's bluntly cheeky, it goes on for too long, but the concept keeps on giving.
Time Out
pressThe title isn't the only "why" question viewers should be asking themselves.
The New York Times
pressProving definitively that slapping Mr. Franco's scenery-eating grin on any old drivel doesn't guarantee entertainment, "Why Him?" is trite, crass and insultingly moronic.
New York Post
pressThere is a passable 85-minute comedy in here, caked in an additional 30 minutes of flab. Call it a dad-bod comedy.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAlmost nothing anyone does registers as recognisably human; it's all just a pretext for yet another round of envelope-pushing outrageousness.
FilmInk
pressWhy Him? is the best Judd Apatow movie that Judd Apatow had nothing to do with: it's sweet, raunchy, big-hearted, and very, very funny.
Could have been the comedy of the year but blows itself apart with F-bombs and worse.
The holy grail of comedy is to make you laugh but there are many different types of laughter. It can range from a joyful belly laugh about the funny side of being human to a cringe laugh based on the psychology of shame and embarrassment. Joyful comedy makes us feel good while cringers lessen us. The sit-com Why Him (2016) goes hell-for-leather at extreme...
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