Vulture
The 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.
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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.
2016Rating: MA15+, Strong crude sexual humour and coarse language111 minsUSA
Comedy
- 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
Why Him? / Reviews
The New York Times
Proving 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.
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New York Post
There is a passable 85-minute comedy in here, caked in an additional 30 minutes of flab. Call it a dad-bod comedy.
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Hollywood Reporter
Almost nothing anyone does registers as recognisably human; it's all just a pretext for yet another round of envelope-pushing outrageousness.
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FilmInk
Why 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.
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