This movie is so honest, yet has so much heart and humor. The characters and families I related to most were Helen and Julie, from when I was a teen girl with a single mom, as well as Kevin with his anxiety, and now as an adult, to all of the women in the film. Which family/ characters/ situations from the movie do you relate to most???
It's a combo of all for me... i want to explain more, but it's like one or more from each family and parts of individuals... a cluster of human personalities and situations... good/bad... i relate to this.
Dianne Wiest is definitely the star of the movie, and still very attrractive, with Steve Martin excellent too, but with this cast and Ron Howard as director, this movie was guaranteed to be great, should have been a far bigger hit than it was
That’s you! You stole the movie at the end when you went to defend Taylor, your sis at the school play. Hope everything is well, I enjoyed your movie. 🙏 thanks.
I hope you guys all had fun! I used to look after Jasen's baby boy (also named Jasen), but I never really got to ask him anything about the experience. It holds up amazingly well.
The grandma's rollercoaster story has always been one of my ALL-TIME favorite scenes in this movie. Becuase her story gives us an important reminder that life is LITERALLY a rollercoaster. Just like being on a rollercoaster, there's going to be a lot of ups (Successes and achievements) and downs (failures) in life. And over time, it ramps up a lot of mixed emotions and feelings. There's people out there that want to live through that type of exciting, adventurous life. And there are others that don't want to go through that and they'd rather go on the merry-go-round and live a quiet, normal, perfect life. 🤗😊😊🙏💖❤
Wow I haven't seen this, since I was a kid. As an adult it's an entirely different experience! Fantastic actors and Mr. Howard does it again. Thanks Angel
I hadn't seen this film since its release and I remember enjoying it. Rewatching with you, I now remember what a great film it is. I had no idea that a young Joauqin Phoenix had been in it.
It really is great. I wasn't expecting to enjoy it so much. I had no idea! I love you saw it when it was released. 😃 Also, I can't believe I didn't recognize him at first...though, he is super young. Thanks for the comment!
Fun factoids: Not everyone recognized Joaquin Phoenix in this movie because at the time he was using the name Leaf Phoenix. The opening song, "I Love to See You Smile" was written about Mary Steenburgen, who plays Steve Martin's wife.
I am so glad you reacted to this movie. Great reaction! It has been one of my favorite movies since it came out in the theater. Incidentally, several years later, after becoming a mystery writer, I was at a writing festival and met and became friends with Harley Jane Kozak, who played Rick Moranis's wife, and later became a mystery author. We spent about thirty minutes quoting scenes from the movie. It was so great! I still have the autographed Headshot she brought for me the following day. 🙂
This movie should be must watch for young families. It still resonates. I saw it in high school with my parents. We talked about it afterward and they loved it although my dad said it was too real at times. Years later after I’ve raised a family he’s absolutely right.
There was a TV series on NBC called Parenthood for a few years, it was based on this movie. It had Craig T. Nelson, Dax Shepard, Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, and others. The names were changed (like Adam Braverman instead of Gil Buchman) and sometimes the ages of the kids were changed...like Peter Krause played the "Gil" character and his middle daughter (Taylor in the movie) was aged up to being a teenager in the show and his oldest kid having teen issues while in high-school. His son, the "Kevin" character was diagnosed with Aspergers in the show which I thought was an interesting evolution of the storyline. Rewatching the movie now, Kevin really seems to be on the spectrum, but in 1989 so much less was known about children with developmental challenges like ADHD, Autism, and Aspergers so attention deficit, high tension, and anxiety disorders were used to diagnose them sometimes. Anyway all the characters in the movie appear in the show in some form, sometimes it takes a while to figure out who some are, others it's pretty easy. And it's really interesting to see how they expand and modernize their storylines. I saw this movie in the theater in 1989. I loved it! The movie was a respectable box office and critical success which is saying something for 1989. 1989 was the most remarkable movie summer in the history of Blockbuster summers. There may have been years that had more big movies in them throughout the entire year, there may have been summers with a bigger block buster...but there has never been a summer with more blockbusters, more sequels, more cult classics, more iconic films all jammed together like in the summer of 1989! These are the movies that came out that summer: Tim Burton's Batman Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Roadhouse Dead Poets Society Ghostbusters II Star Trek V: The Final Frontier The Karate Kid, Part III Lethal Weapon 2 License To Kill Friday the 13th, Part VIII Honey, I Shrunk the Kids When Harry Met Sally Uncle Buck Parenthood UHF Weekend At Bernie's Millennium Casualties Of War (If you're keeping track, that's 3 movies with Rick Moranis, it was his summer as well) Not all of these movies were winners of course (though more were than weren't), but the point is they were all either big movies that had hype behind them or movies that were released and then became iconic or cult classics in one way or another. A summer season now (or pre 2020) things start gearing up in May (or end of April recently) and then 4th of July week is the last or close to the last hurrah for the big movie releases. In 1989, from the beginning of May all the way to Labor Day weekend it was a new movie (or movies) to see every single weekend, and it was either a movie that we'd been looking forward to for a while or a movie we came away saying "Wow, that was good!" (or both). I was 14 years old that summer. I went swimming at the community pool most days, I stayed over my grandma's a lot, I went to the beach on a few days vacation with my parents several times, I was up all night many nights playing Nintendo games and watching videos rented from Blockbuster...and still I managed to see every movie on that list above in the theater that summer except for Roadhouse and Friday the 13th, Part VIII. Ghostbusters II and Batman I saw twice. It was one of the best summers ever! Best Regards!
Welcome to the family, Angel. Here's some family secrets to help you navigate the Buckman Clan. A popular game that the cast was playing behind the scenes was a game called "Murderer" where somebody was supposed to be "killing" the other members of the cast with a particular glare and everybody had to guess who the killer was. The dinner scene with everybody sitting at the table shows you everybody playing as people's eyes are shifting back and forth. This film features 4 Academy Award winners: Mary Steenburgen (Karen), Dianne Wiest (Helen), Joaquin Phoenix (Garry) and Jason Robards (Frank) and 2 Academy Award nominees: Tom Hulce (Larry) and screenwriter Lowell Ganz. Despite being set in St Louis, filming was done in Central and North Florida with Kevin's birthday party filmed at the mystery fun house in Orlando. The movie is based on the parenting experiences of director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and screenwriters Lowell Gantz and Babaloo Mandel. The film was eventually adapted into two television shows both named Parenthood, one in 1990 which only lasted 12 episodes and the more famous adaptation done in 2010, that ran until 2015. Some other actors that were considered for the role of Gil besides Steve Martin include: Dan Aykroyd, Michael Keaton, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Tom Selleck, Billy Crystal and Tim Allen. Jeff Goldblum was also offered both the roles of Gil and Larry but passed on the project entirely. Martha Plimpton, who plays Julie was wearing a wig throughout the production as she had just finished shooting a movie called Silence Like Glass (1989) in which she played a cancer patient and was bald. Later when she shaves the sides of her head into a mohawk, the top of her head was an extension that was always kept with in place with hats while the sides are her natural hairline. Also while Martha plays Joaquin Phoenix's older sister in the film, in real life, Plimpton dated his older brother, River Phoenix for 5 years and remained close friends with him until his death in 93. The incident with the photo mix up was inspired by a real life event that happened to producer Brian Grazer. Oh, how times have changed LOL. Despite being a father of four in the film, Steve Martin didn't actually have his first child until 2012 at the age of 67 and while his performance was lauded as Gil, there was initial concerns that Martin was miscast due to being almost 10 years older than the character who was supposed to be 35. Howie D from the Backstreet Boys was a teenage extra in the movie, he's in the first row of students in the classroom when Nathan comes in and sings The Carpenters "close to you" to Susan. Joaquin Phoenix (Garry) was going by the name Leaf Phoenix early in his career before changing it back. He wanted a nature-related name like his siblings (River, Rain and Summer) and liked raking leaves, hence his nickname at the time. The little redhead girl grinning from ear to ear in the audience when the play falls apart is Bryce Dallas Howard in her feature film debut. The videotape that Helen finds in Gary's room is an actual adult film but it's real title is Blonde Goddess from 1982, the clip was actually the first scene which is supposed to be a parody of Indiana Jones as she rescues a jungle Jane from a tribe and I remember she then goes and... I realize that I've said too much. Moving on. As for your question as to best relates to me in the film, the answer is quite a few. As a kid growing up, obviously I had some Garry moments and ironically as I got a little older I was more of a Tod, especially when I had to be a positive male influence to my younger cousins along with the hijinks and that conversation about deadbeat dads hit close to home. There were times in my early twenties when I was definitely becoming a Gil until thankfully one day I learned to pull my head out of my ass and listen to Grandma and enjoy the roller coaster and I think that's kind of where I'm at right now in life. This movie is a slice of life and I don't think anyone ever stays one character as we get older. It's inevitable that you kind of evolve into one or the other and looking back, you can at least think of somebody in your family who's a Larry, a Helen or a Frank. I also have a Cool in one of my cousin's kids. But that's part of the journey, that roller coaster where it'll make you feel a thousand different feelings and you're wondering the whole time whether or not you're even on the right ride or have any reason to be on it but I think it's good to have a little chaos here and there, especially if it forces you to kind of look not yourself and see what kind a person you want to be.. man, this got deep. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk, until next time Angel 🖤
Other facts: the college dean in Gil's fantasies about Kevin is played by Ron Howard's dad, the late Rance Howard. The other father on the baseball field with Gil is played by Ron's brother Clint. Correction: Lowell Ganz and his writing pal Marc "Babaloo" Mandel were both Oscar nominated for writing "Splash".
What a pleasant surprise! I've been hoping to find someone react to this movie. Movies were a special part of growing up for me and my family. I saw this with my entire family in the theater and so it's very special to me. I am commenting before I even watch your reaction and I'm sure I'll have so much to say. There will be a lot of emotional moments for me as I'm dealing with a lot of loss in my life at the moment. I really do hope your channel continues to grow Angel as you seem to react to a lot of movies that other channels ignore. I mean I've seen enough reactions to Star Wars and LotR to last a life time at this point lol. Hope you're having a happy holidays to you and everyone out there. If you're not that's fine too. People shouldn't feel pressured to be happy this time of year.
Larry is played by Tom Hulce. He was Mozart in the movie Amadeus, but you might actually recognize his voice more than his appearance. He played the voice of Quasimodo in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Hi Angel, think we need to change the channel to Angel tears up... great reaction from you and Boo... and what a fantastic discussion section... Trivia - During filming, the cast became obsessed with playing the murder game (a game in which one person, who is the murderer, has to find a subtle way to kill other players simply by looking at them without giving themselves away as the murder). This is very apparent in the dinner scene where everyone is sitting around the table. If you watch everyone's eye movements, it's obvious they are playing the game.
My favorite Steve Martin films are My Blue Heaven (also with Rick Moranis from this movie), its a comedy based on the life of Henry Hill living IN witness protection. Also Roxanne, which is a modern take on Cyrano de Bergerac. It's a fun romantic comedy, and Steve Martin is really great in it.
I love this movie. You're so right. it's so real and so not forced. You can really imagine everything that happened to the ppl in the movie actually happening in real life to families all over.
so true EVERYONE in this movie is amazing !! right down to the little girl who plays Nathan's daughter. ''my whole life is has to'' Steve Martin GENIUS and love GRANDMA
Just about every movie Diane Weist is in, is good to great! Footloose The Lost Boys Parenthood Edward Scissorhands The Birdcage The Scout The Associate
I forgot about Footloose! Awesome. Also, I need to watch the rest of those (The Lost Boys, The Associate, The Scout). So, thank you for the recommendations. She is terrific!
100%. Thank you! 😊 I need to re-watch it sometime, since I've only seen it once and years ago. It was great, though. Plus, I had some professors that used to show scenes from the movie.
Thats so funny how you said you’ve seen everyone in this movie in something before, except the kids, garry is played by joaquin pheonix although he went by leif pheonix back then. I would pretty much guarantee you’ve seen him in a movie before, lol. Edit…ok, you recognized him, lol
She was also great in the films "Pecker" and "Beautiful Girls"- which also has an awesome ensemble cast- Uma Thurman, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, David Arquette, Natalie Portman, Matt Dillon, Lauren Holly, Mira Sorvino and great performances by a couple lesser knowns- Michael Rappaport, Noah Emerich.
I love this film i have watched it over and over, Gary was my favorite character in it because we both had a bad father and i connected with him and i learned to say too hell with my father. That's why i never get tired of watching this.
I had totally forgotten about this movie, surely an under appreciated gem, there's nothing wrong with it at all! Nice that you could make such a long reaction to it (for now)! ;P My favourite Steve Martin movies might be: 'The man with two brains' & 'All of me'. Hugs to Booo!
The guy who looks like RDJ, his name is Tom Hulce, you might recognize him from Animal House, or Amadeus (he played Amadeus). Jason Robards (RIP), had been around forever. Been in tons of movies. You may know him from Crimson Tide (a smaller role), or Philadelphia with Tom Hanks.
@18:28 Director (and some acting) Dennis Dugan on the left. A year later he directed Problem Child and copied the Parenthood cover photo identically (except child holding parents by feet). He’s also directed most of Adam Sandler’s comedy movies and a handful of fun comedies like The Benchwarmers and National Security.
Yes I related to Joaquin Phoenix character the most! That awkward time during puberty and no one to talk to about it! Feeling like no one understands or not knowing all boys go through this puberty thing. It hurts and I can tell he was hurting and not feeling normal.
Curious if you've ever seen "Dan in Real Life" with Steve Carrell. It's more of a rom-com than a family drama like this...but there are some family drama aspects and involves a large family gathering like this movie. It's a fun watch.
16:38 Jason Robards Jr. from Once Upon a Time in the West and Tom Hulce from Amadeus... and let´s not forgot Joaquin Phoenix in one of his first movie roles!
Parenthood's still one of my favorite movies - did you recognize young Joaquin Phoenix? I really like that you're doing the lesser-done movies, what a treat, these shouldn't be forgotten. On that note, may I recommend: Flatliners (1990, ignore the reboot), Holes (2003), and Armageddon (1998)
I am so glad this movie is being reviewed. Thank you! I remember watching it in the theater, and relating to the young daughter. A few years later, I was the single mom. Now Im the grandmother, taking care of her mom.
The Mom- Mary Steenburgen, has appeared in approximately 1 billion films and tv shows- What's Eating GIlbert Grape Philadelphia Elf Step Brothers Four Christmases The Help (TV) Curb Your Ethusiasm (with husband Ted Danson) Law & Order: SVU Joan of Arcadia Becker (with husband Ted Danson) 30 Rock Justified Orange is the New Black The Last Man on Earth Zooey's Extraordinary Playlist She won an Oscar for the film "Melvin and Howard" ( in which Jason Robards also appears.)
You did a great job recognizing Joaquin. Back then, River was better known, and I for one didn't realize until your reaction that Joaquin is even in this movie, which I've watched more than once since it came out!
Well to be fair at that point in his career he went under the name Leif... He also did "Russkies" and "Space Camp". Not sure when he went back to his birth name first time I remember it was the underrated "Clay Pigeons" with "Vince Vaughn".
37:44 Yup. I understand. The woman should get the authority over the decision, but the man should have the burden. Not only is he expected to help her make a decision without his input actually mattering, but he also will bear the responsibility of whatever she decides.
@@AngelGroves Give it allowances for being 1978-they-did-not-know-better problematic...very problematic, get past that and the movie can be really fun!
A cute family comedy with a great cast and a believable story. You asked at the beginning the steve Martin movies that i remember. A short list All of Me Cheaper by the dozen 1 + 2 Roxanne My Blue Heaven (Rick Moranis is also in it) Loved the reaction. See you on the next one.
Exactly! Well, said. 😃 Oh, awesome! I haven't seen any of those besides the Cheaper by the Dozen movies. I need to check them out! See you next time! 😇
Salut de Cannes. The french title of this movie is " Portrait caché d'une famille modèle". I let you to translate by yourself. Au revoir tout le monde.
You mention watching Ron Howard as an actor on Happy Days. Have you ever checked him out on The Andy Griffith Show? If not, do yourself a favor & check it out, one of the best shows in television history (IMHO, of course), and one of the best kid actors ta boot 👌
I don't think I ever actually saw this movie before My favorite Steve Martin role is probably Little Shop of Horrors (I love that movie) I WISH I owned Punch-Out!! I'm so jealous, Angel, you don't even know! Was the son playing Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja in the Pizza Parlor!? And thanks for the company while I ate my sandwich
Oh my gosh, Adam, YES. I'm actually ashamed I didn't even mention Steve Martin in that. He's one of my favorite parts of the movie. I sing the "Dentist!" song so often. 😂🤍 Great choice for a favorite role of his, and I LOVE that you love that movie! ❤️ I'm glad you mentioned Punchout again. I'm about to go check to see if I still do have it in my storage. I have to get a new part for my NES (but it's apparently really cheap and the part that has to be replaced in them all of the time)...it got to the point where no amount of tapping the console or dusting it would fix it. I then need to figure out a way to stream my screen with the game on it. Do a live stream of Punchout and other games. 😄 And I'm not sure what they were playing but I thought it looked familiar too and said something about it in the unedited version. Lol! Also, it's my pleasure to be company for you while you ate your sandwich, Adam. See you for the next video!
Jason Robards (the dad) has been in a ton of movies over the years. Since you mention having seen whatever you recognize him from a bunch of times I wonder if it's from the Metallica video for the song One. It features clips from his movie Johnny Got His Gun.
Oh nice! That would have been even cooler if that's what I knew him from. I, sadly, haven't seen a lot of Metallica music videos. Though, I do love their music. I searched him on IMDB just now bc I was so curious, and I think it's from the tv miniseries Heidi from 1993 (that was released on VHS). I know I watched it a lot and apparently he was the Grandpa. Also, Enemy of the State from '98, which I actually did watch a lot when it first came out/when I was 9. I can't remember a thing about it now really, but I know I loved it then for some reason. Haha. Thanks for rhe info, Kenton!
@@AngelGroves Jason also in "All The President's Men" (first Oscar winning performance) and "Julia" (second Oscar winning performance). I like him in "A Thousand Clowns" and Sam Peckinpah's "The Ballad Of Cable Hogue". Those two films are older, but you should react to them, Angel, because both films are quirky and it should how brilliant Jason was.
@@AngelGroves that would be an awesome vid , ok u ever seen robot jox or arena ? Now these were amazing b movies of the late 80s , watched them many times still class
This movie is so honest, yet has so much heart and humor. The characters and families I related to most were Helen and Julie, from when I was a teen girl with a single mom, as well as Kevin with his anxiety, and now as an adult, to all of the women in the film. Which family/ characters/ situations from the movie do you relate to most???
It's a combo of all for me... i want to explain more, but it's like one or more from each family and parts of individuals... a cluster of human personalities and situations... good/bad... i relate to this.
I related a lot with Gary, unfortunately. I was a lot like him as a little dude.
Definite classic!
Btw is the movie you're thinking of with the old dude called dream a little dream? Him, Corey Feldman and Corey haim?
Dianne Wiest is definitely the star of the movie, and still very attrractive, with Steve Martin excellent too, but with this cast and Ron Howard as director, this movie was guaranteed to be great, should have been a far bigger hit than it was
Thank you for the tasteful censoring of my 3 year old bits, lol. Glad you enjoyed the movie! It was a lot of fun to make for us child actors!
That’s you! You stole the movie at the end when you went to defend Taylor, your sis at the school play.
Hope everything is well, I enjoyed your movie. 🙏 thanks.
I hope you guys all had fun! I used to look after Jasen's baby boy (also named Jasen), but I never really got to ask him anything about the experience. It holds up amazingly well.
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So… did you keep the outfit? 😄
The grandma's rollercoaster story has always been one of my ALL-TIME favorite scenes in this movie. Becuase her story gives us an important reminder that life is LITERALLY a rollercoaster. Just like being on a rollercoaster, there's going to be a lot of ups (Successes and achievements) and downs (failures) in life. And over time, it ramps up a lot of mixed emotions and feelings. There's people out there that want to live through that type of exciting, adventurous life. And there are others that don't want to go through that and they'd rather go on the merry-go-round and live a quiet, normal, perfect life. 🤗😊😊🙏💖❤
Wow I haven't seen this, since I was a kid. As an adult it's an entirely different experience! Fantastic actors and Mr. Howard does it again. Thanks Angel
You're so welcome! 😃 It was so enjoyable to watch!!
25:11 -- that moment KILLS ME, now, as a grownup. Didn't bother me as much 30 years ago. Breaks my effin heart.
wow can't believe someone reacted to this movie, this is a hidden gem. I knew hittin the sub button on this channel was gonna be a good idea
A hidden gem is a perfect description of the movie, and aw! 💜
Hidden in plain sight. It’s beyond me how such a wonderful movie gets so overlooked, especially with the cast it has.
I hadn't seen this film since its release and I remember enjoying it. Rewatching with you, I now remember what a great film it is. I had no idea that a young Joauqin Phoenix had been in it.
It really is great. I wasn't expecting to enjoy it so much. I had no idea! I love you saw it when it was released. 😃
Also, I can't believe I didn't recognize him at first...though, he is super young.
Thanks for the comment!
A movie I loved with Jason Robards was Quick Change with Bill Murray, Geena Davis and Randy Quaid.
Unique movie.
Fun factoids:
Not everyone recognized Joaquin Phoenix in this movie because at the time he was using the name Leaf Phoenix.
The opening song, "I Love to See You Smile" was written about Mary Steenburgen, who plays Steve Martin's wife.
I’m happy that you reacted to Parenthood. It’s often overlooked. The writers pooled some of the experiences they had raising their kids.
I am so glad you reacted to this movie. Great reaction! It has been one of my favorite movies since it came out in the theater. Incidentally, several years later, after becoming a mystery writer, I was at a writing festival and met and became friends with Harley Jane Kozak, who played Rick Moranis's wife, and later became a mystery author. We spent about thirty minutes quoting scenes from the movie. It was so great! I still have the autographed Headshot she brought for me the following day. 🙂
This movie should be must watch for young families. It still resonates. I saw it in high school with my parents. We talked about it afterward and they loved it although my dad said it was too real at times. Years later after I’ve raised a family he’s absolutely right.
There was a TV series on NBC called Parenthood for a few years, it was based on this movie. It had Craig T. Nelson, Dax Shepard, Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, and others. The names were changed (like Adam Braverman instead of Gil Buchman) and sometimes the ages of the kids were changed...like Peter Krause played the "Gil" character and his middle daughter (Taylor in the movie) was aged up to being a teenager in the show and his oldest kid having teen issues while in high-school. His son, the "Kevin" character was diagnosed with Aspergers in the show which I thought was an interesting evolution of the storyline. Rewatching the movie now, Kevin really seems to be on the spectrum, but in 1989 so much less was known about children with developmental challenges like ADHD, Autism, and Aspergers so attention deficit, high tension, and anxiety disorders were used to diagnose them sometimes.
Anyway all the characters in the movie appear in the show in some form, sometimes it takes a while to figure out who some are, others it's pretty easy. And it's really interesting to see how they expand and modernize their storylines.
I saw this movie in the theater in 1989. I loved it!
The movie was a respectable box office and critical success which is saying something for 1989. 1989 was the most remarkable movie summer in the history of Blockbuster summers. There may have been years that had more big movies in them throughout the entire year, there may have been summers with a bigger block buster...but there has never been a summer with more blockbusters, more sequels, more cult classics, more iconic films all jammed together like in the summer of 1989!
These are the movies that came out that summer:
Tim Burton's Batman
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Roadhouse
Dead Poets Society
Ghostbusters II
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
The Karate Kid, Part III
Lethal Weapon 2
License To Kill
Friday the 13th, Part VIII
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
When Harry Met Sally
Uncle Buck
Parenthood
UHF
Weekend At Bernie's
Millennium
Casualties Of War
(If you're keeping track, that's 3 movies with Rick Moranis, it was his summer as well)
Not all of these movies were winners of course (though more were than weren't), but the point is they were all either big movies that had hype behind them or movies that were released and then became iconic or cult classics in one way or another. A summer season now (or pre 2020) things start gearing up in May (or end of April recently) and then 4th of July week is the last or close to the last hurrah for the big movie releases.
In 1989, from the beginning of May all the way to Labor Day weekend it was a new movie (or movies) to see every single weekend, and it was either a movie that we'd been looking forward to for a while or a movie we came away saying "Wow, that was good!" (or both).
I was 14 years old that summer. I went swimming at the community pool most days, I stayed over my grandma's a lot, I went to the beach on a few days vacation with my parents several times, I was up all night many nights playing Nintendo games and watching videos rented from Blockbuster...and still I managed to see every movie on that list above in the theater that summer except for Roadhouse and Friday the 13th, Part VIII. Ghostbusters II and Batman I saw twice.
It was one of the best summers ever!
Best Regards!
Welcome to the family, Angel. Here's some family secrets to help you navigate the Buckman Clan.
A popular game that the cast was playing behind the scenes was a game called "Murderer" where somebody was supposed to be "killing" the other members of the cast with a particular glare and everybody had to guess who the killer was. The dinner scene with everybody sitting at the table shows you everybody playing as people's eyes are shifting back and forth.
This film features 4 Academy Award winners: Mary Steenburgen (Karen), Dianne Wiest (Helen), Joaquin Phoenix (Garry) and Jason Robards (Frank) and 2 Academy Award nominees: Tom Hulce (Larry) and screenwriter Lowell Ganz.
Despite being set in St Louis, filming was done in Central and North Florida with Kevin's birthday party filmed at the mystery fun house in Orlando.
The movie is based on the parenting experiences of director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and screenwriters Lowell Gantz and Babaloo Mandel. The film was eventually adapted into two television shows both named Parenthood, one in 1990 which only lasted 12 episodes and the more famous adaptation done in 2010, that ran until 2015.
Some other actors that were considered for the role of Gil besides Steve Martin include: Dan Aykroyd, Michael Keaton, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Tom Selleck, Billy Crystal and Tim Allen. Jeff Goldblum was also offered both the roles of Gil and Larry but passed on the project entirely.
Martha Plimpton, who plays Julie was wearing a wig throughout the production as she had just finished shooting a movie called Silence Like Glass (1989) in which she played a cancer patient and was bald. Later when she shaves the sides of her head into a mohawk, the top of her head was an extension that was always kept with in place with hats while the sides are her natural hairline. Also while Martha plays Joaquin Phoenix's older sister in the film, in real life, Plimpton dated his older brother, River Phoenix for 5 years and remained close friends with him until his death in 93.
The incident with the photo mix up was inspired by a real life event that happened to producer Brian Grazer. Oh, how times have changed LOL.
Despite being a father of four in the film, Steve Martin didn't actually have his first child until 2012 at the age of 67 and while his performance was lauded as Gil, there was initial concerns that Martin was miscast due to being almost 10 years older than the character who was supposed to be 35.
Howie D from the Backstreet Boys was a teenage extra in the movie, he's in the first row of students in the classroom when Nathan comes in and sings The Carpenters "close to you" to Susan.
Joaquin Phoenix (Garry) was going by the name Leaf Phoenix early in his career before changing it back. He wanted a nature-related name like his siblings (River, Rain and Summer) and liked raking leaves, hence his nickname at the time.
The little redhead girl grinning from ear to ear in the audience when the play falls apart is Bryce Dallas Howard in her feature film debut.
The videotape that Helen finds in Gary's room is an actual adult film but it's real title is Blonde Goddess from 1982, the clip was actually the first scene which is supposed to be a parody of Indiana Jones as she rescues a jungle Jane from a tribe and I remember she then goes and... I realize that I've said too much. Moving on.
As for your question as to best relates to me in the film, the answer is quite a few. As a kid growing up, obviously I had some Garry moments and ironically as I got a little older I was more of a Tod, especially when I had to be a positive male influence to my younger cousins along with the hijinks and that conversation about deadbeat dads hit close to home. There were times in my early twenties when I was definitely becoming a Gil until thankfully one day I learned to pull my head out of my ass and listen to Grandma and enjoy the roller coaster and I think that's kind of where I'm at right now in life. This movie is a slice of life and I don't think anyone ever stays one character as we get older. It's inevitable that you kind of evolve into one or the other and looking back, you can at least think of somebody in your family who's a Larry, a Helen or a Frank. I also have a Cool in one of my cousin's kids. But that's part of the journey, that roller coaster where it'll make you feel a thousand different feelings and you're wondering the whole time whether or not you're even on the right ride or have any reason to be on it but I think it's good to have a little chaos here and there, especially if it forces you to kind of look not yourself and see what kind a person you want to be.. man, this got deep.
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk, until next time Angel 🖤
Other facts: the college dean in Gil's fantasies about Kevin is played by Ron Howard's dad, the late Rance Howard. The other father on the baseball field with Gil is played by Ron's brother Clint.
Correction: Lowell Ganz and his writing pal Marc "Babaloo" Mandel were both Oscar nominated for writing "Splash".
What a pleasant surprise! I've been hoping to find someone react to this movie. Movies were a special part of growing up for me and my family. I saw this with my entire family in the theater and so it's very special to me. I am commenting before I even watch your reaction and I'm sure I'll have so much to say. There will be a lot of emotional moments for me as I'm dealing with a lot of loss in my life at the moment. I really do hope your channel continues to grow Angel as you seem to react to a lot of movies that other channels ignore. I mean I've seen enough reactions to Star Wars and LotR to last a life time at this point lol. Hope you're having a happy holidays to you and everyone out there. If you're not that's fine too. People shouldn't feel pressured to be happy this time of year.
Larry is played by Tom Hulce. He was Mozart in the movie Amadeus, but you might actually recognize his voice more than his appearance. He played the voice of Quasimodo in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Pinto from Animal House
The kid that is the loner with the sister of Steve Martin is actually Joaquin Phoenix as a child actor
Hi Angel, think we need to change the channel to Angel tears up... great reaction from you and Boo... and what a fantastic discussion section... Trivia - During filming, the cast became obsessed with playing the murder game (a game in which one person, who is the murderer, has to find a subtle way to kill other players simply by looking at them without giving themselves away as the murder). This is very apparent in the dinner scene where everyone is sitting around the table. If you watch everyone's eye movements, it's obvious they are playing the game.
My favorite Steve Martin films are My Blue Heaven (also with Rick Moranis from this movie), its a comedy based on the life of Henry Hill living IN witness protection.
Also Roxanne, which is a modern take on Cyrano de Bergerac. It's a fun romantic comedy, and Steve Martin is really great in it.
With a *very* heavy influence of a TV show "Wiseguy".
I love this movie. You're so right. it's so real and so not forced. You can really imagine everything that happened to the ppl in the movie actually happening in real life to families all over.
so true EVERYONE in this movie is amazing !! right down to the little girl who plays Nathan's daughter. ''my whole life is has to'' Steve Martin GENIUS and love GRANDMA
Just about every movie Diane Weist is in, is good to great!
Footloose
The Lost Boys
Parenthood
Edward Scissorhands
The Birdcage
The Scout
The Associate
I forgot about Footloose! Awesome. Also, I need to watch the rest of those (The Lost Boys, The Associate, The Scout). So, thank you for the recommendations. She is terrific!
Radio Days
The Mule
Shadows and Fog
Bullets Over Broadway
Dan In Real Life
Hannah and Her Sister / Cookie (the likes of which I'm surprised NO ONE brings up, ever).
Love it! Tom Hulce in Dominic & Eugene, with Ray Liotta & Jamie Lee Curtis.
I think the mom watched garry’s tapes to see what exactly he was watching, make sure it wasn’t something too…out there you know. Or possibly illegal.
I was totally waiting for you to spot Joaquin Phoenix.
I can't believe it took me that long. 😂 He's so young!
He just been about 13
Mozart from Amadeus
100%. Thank you! 😊 I need to re-watch it sometime, since I've only seen it once and years ago. It was great, though. Plus, I had some professors that used to show scenes from the movie.
@@AngelGroves Just to be clear...he's saying the guy you thought was Robert Downey Jr. at first glance is Tom Hulce, who played the lead in "Amadeus".
Thats so funny how you said you’ve seen everyone in this movie in something before, except the kids, garry is played by joaquin pheonix although he went by leif pheonix back then. I would pretty much guarantee you’ve seen him in a movie before, lol.
Edit…ok, you recognized him, lol
I liked Martha Plimpton. She was also great in the Goonies.
YESSS. Thank you!!! That's where I was trying to pinpoint her from. 😃
She was also great in the films "Pecker" and "Beautiful Girls"- which also has an awesome ensemble cast- Uma Thurman, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, David Arquette, Natalie Portman, Matt Dillon, Lauren Holly, Mira Sorvino and great performances by a couple lesser knowns- Michael Rappaport, Noah Emerich.
@@AngelGrovesif you like Plimpton she is hilarious on the series "Raising Hope" from "My Name is Earl" creator Greg Garcia.
Bowfinger with Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy is a classic
Diane Wiest in A Guide To Recognising Your Saints is great. Bunch of good people doing good work in that flick.
Jason Robards (Steve Martin's dad) was also in Philadelphia (with Mary Steenburgen again too) and a bunch of other movies.
I love this film i have watched it over and over, Gary was my favorite character in it because we both had a bad father and i connected with him and i learned to say too hell with my father. That's why i never get tired of watching this.
I think it's incredible! I wish even more people would watch it. I can't believe I'd never heard of it! So good. 💙
Thanks for the comment!
There’s a lot of 80s movies and even older movies that are good to watch
Love this film! And fab reaction and new subscriber too! Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is an awesome movie. It's so touching. One of my favourites. I love that they made this into a TV series.
I had totally forgotten about this movie, surely an under appreciated gem, there's nothing wrong with it at all!
Nice that you could make such a long reaction to it (for now)! ;P
My favourite Steve Martin movies might be: 'The man with two brains' & 'All of me'. Hugs to Booo!
The guy who looks like RDJ, his name is Tom Hulce, you might recognize him from Animal House, or Amadeus (he played Amadeus).
Jason Robards (RIP), had been around forever. Been in tons of movies. You may know him from Crimson Tide (a smaller role), or Philadelphia with Tom Hanks.
Tom Hulce was also The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)
Love your reactions…chill and relaxed. Thank you!
SO happy you reacted to this!!!
@18:28 Director (and some acting) Dennis Dugan on the left. A year later he directed Problem Child and copied the Parenthood cover photo identically (except child holding parents by feet). He’s also directed most of Adam Sandler’s comedy movies and a handful of fun comedies like The Benchwarmers and National Security.
@21:42 Ron Howard’s Dad.
@22:48 Ron Howard’s Brother.
Yes I related to Joaquin Phoenix character the most! That awkward time during puberty and no one to talk to about it! Feeling like no one understands or not knowing all boys go through this puberty thing. It hurts and I can tell he was hurting and not feeling normal.
Curious if you've ever seen "Dan in Real Life" with Steve Carrell. It's more of a rom-com than a family drama like this...but there are some family drama aspects and involves a large family gathering like this movie. It's a fun watch.
16:38 Jason Robards Jr. from Once Upon a Time in the West and Tom Hulce from Amadeus... and let´s not forgot Joaquin Phoenix in one of his first movie roles!
Parenthood's still one of my favorite movies - did you recognize young Joaquin Phoenix? I really like that you're doing the lesser-done movies, what a treat, these shouldn't be forgotten. On that note, may I recommend: Flatliners (1990, ignore the reboot), Holes (2003), and Armageddon (1998)
I am so glad this movie is being reviewed. Thank you! I remember watching it in the theater, and relating to the young daughter. A few years later, I was the single mom. Now Im the grandmother, taking care of her mom.
This is one of my favorite family dramedies of all time
Thank you!!!! So few reactions to this perfect movie!
The Mom- Mary Steenburgen, has appeared in approximately 1 billion films and tv shows-
What's Eating GIlbert Grape
Philadelphia
Elf
Step Brothers
Four Christmases
The Help
(TV)
Curb Your Ethusiasm (with husband Ted Danson)
Law & Order: SVU
Joan of Arcadia
Becker (with husband Ted Danson)
30 Rock
Justified
Orange is the New Black
The Last Man on Earth
Zooey's Extraordinary Playlist
She won an Oscar for the film "Melvin and Howard" ( in which Jason Robards also appears.)
"Goin South" (Jack Nicholson's first directorial film)
I developed a real crush on her watching Time After Time when I was a kid.
Back to the Future part III obviously..as Clara. Still my favorite role of hers.
The loud mouth dad at the game is Ron Howards brother.
I only realized after another reactor pointed out --- Gary is played by a verrrrry young Joaquin Phoenix.
One of my favorite Steve Martin movies is "The Jerk"
I have watched thousands of reactions this is up there in top 5 ever.
Fantastic reaction, it was nice to revisit this movie 😎👍
You did a great job recognizing Joaquin. Back then, River was better known, and I for one didn't realize until your reaction that Joaquin is even in this movie, which I've watched more than once since it came out!
Well to be fair at that point in his career he went under the name Leif... He also did "Russkies" and "Space Camp". Not sure when he went back to his birth name first time I remember it was the underrated "Clay Pigeons" with "Vince Vaughn".
Tom Hulce is the guy that plays Cool's dad he also played Mozart in tbe movie Amadeus
You can find Jason Robards in Little Big League. And of course Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters. And you should know River Phoenix.
37:44 Yup. I understand. The woman should get the authority over the decision, but the man should have the burden. Not only is he expected to help her make a decision without his input actually mattering, but he also will bear the responsibility of whatever she decides.
This had been my favorite movie for the last 15 years, at least. Dianne Wiest is a gift from the Heavens.
A fantastic film with an amazing cast
Too true. ❤️
It is not Robert Downey Jr. It is another actor who won an Academy Award for Amadous
Tom Hulce only got Oscar nominated. His co-star, F. Murray Abraham, won.
First. hey girl. robert downey lookalike is from amadeus
And "Pinto" from Animal House
That's it!!! Definitely Amadeus. Thank you!
@@Drawkcabi that's been on my list for years. I need to check it out!
@@AngelGroves Give it allowances for being 1978-they-did-not-know-better problematic...very problematic, get past that and the movie can be really fun!
Doesn’t this movie seem very ahead of its time?
No?
@@longtallshorty5791It does. I know I am right and you’re wrong.
Literally every person in this movie was someone, or became someone. You sure you are not Anna Faris?
A cute family comedy with a great cast and a believable story.
You asked at the beginning the steve Martin movies that i remember.
A short list
All of Me
Cheaper by the dozen 1 + 2
Roxanne
My Blue Heaven (Rick Moranis is also in it)
Loved the reaction.
See you on the next one.
Exactly! Well, said. 😃
Oh, awesome! I haven't seen any of those besides the Cheaper by the Dozen movies. I need to check them out!
See you next time! 😇
Salut de Cannes. The french title of this movie is " Portrait caché d'une famille modèle". I let you to translate by yourself. Au revoir tout le monde.
You mention watching Ron Howard as an actor on Happy Days. Have you ever checked him out on The Andy Griffith Show? If not, do yourself a favor & check it out, one of the best shows in television history (IMHO, of course), and one of the best kid actors ta boot 👌
Have not seen this in soooo long! Great movie, great review! I'll be on the lookout for ya!
This is such an under rated gem.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😂
34:14 anxiety disorders are normal? Maybe these days because everyone thinks being anxious about anything is bad and they call it a disorder.
Subbed for this one 💯💯🫂
I think the guy's name is Tom Hulce (.....something like that.....) and he played in Amadeus'?
YES!!! That's it!!! 😯😇😇😇
And Animal House..
Never heard of him
@@alansnow1129 you never heard of "National Lampoon's Animal House"?
the jerk is a good one
I don't think I ever actually saw this movie before
My favorite Steve Martin role is probably Little Shop of Horrors (I love that movie)
I WISH I owned Punch-Out!! I'm so jealous, Angel, you don't even know!
Was the son playing Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja in the Pizza Parlor!?
And thanks for the company while I ate my sandwich
Oh my gosh, Adam, YES. I'm actually ashamed I didn't even mention Steve Martin in that. He's one of my favorite parts of the movie. I sing the "Dentist!" song so often. 😂🤍 Great choice for a favorite role of his, and I LOVE that you love that movie! ❤️
I'm glad you mentioned Punchout again. I'm about to go check to see if I still do have it in my storage. I have to get a new part for my NES (but it's apparently really cheap and the part that has to be replaced in them all of the time)...it got to the point where no amount of tapping the console or dusting it would fix it. I then need to figure out a way to stream my screen with the game on it. Do a live stream of Punchout and other games. 😄
And I'm not sure what they were playing but I thought it looked familiar too and said something about it in the unedited version. Lol!
Also, it's my pleasure to be company for you while you ate your sandwich, Adam. See you for the next video!
Steve Martin was better in many other movies way better the little shop of horrors! He’s great in planes trains and automobiles
Ron Howard wasn't in this he directed it
Clint Howard was in it.
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Larry Hulce Animal House pinto and Amadeus
Excellent
Jason Robards (the dad) has been in a ton of movies over the years. Since you mention having seen whatever you recognize him from a bunch of times I wonder if it's from the Metallica video for the song One. It features clips from his movie Johnny Got His Gun.
Oh nice! That would have been even cooler if that's what I knew him from. I, sadly, haven't seen a lot of Metallica music videos. Though, I do love their music. I searched him on IMDB just now bc I was so curious, and I think it's from the tv miniseries Heidi from 1993 (that was released on VHS). I know I watched it a lot and apparently he was the Grandpa. Also, Enemy of the State from '98, which I actually did watch a lot when it first came out/when I was 9. I can't remember a thing about it now really, but I know I loved it then for some reason. Haha. Thanks for rhe info, Kenton!
@@AngelGroves It was the first thing I thought of for multiple viewing likelihood, as well as him having a moustache ;)
@@AngelGroves Jason also in "All The President's Men" (first Oscar winning performance) and "Julia" (second Oscar winning performance). I like him in "A Thousand Clowns" and Sam Peckinpah's "The Ballad Of Cable Hogue". Those two films are older, but you should react to them, Angel, because both films are quirky and it should how brilliant Jason was.
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For the Holiday season....trust a crazy cat man....must do Trading Places. Add Bad Santa if u haven't seen it yet 😎😃
parenthood and planes, trains and automobiles are the only steve martin films...THE ONLY!
What are you talking about?
Blasphemy.. Little Shop of Horrors, The Jerk, Roxanne, Father of the Bride, My Blue Heaven, Three Amigos!, A Simple Twist of Fate
Why do your laughs sound edited?
Not nearly as many as are in this!:
ruclips.net/video/QrGrOK8oZG8/видео.html
So when are u gonna watch one of the best movies ever made........Big trouble In little China?
It's one of my favorite movies of all time! There will have to be a live stream re- watch along sometime. 🧡
@@AngelGroves that would be an awesome vid , ok u ever seen robot jox or arena ? Now these were amazing b movies of the late 80s , watched them many times still class
You should quit stopping the movie it’s annoying
Dang you pause and cut away from the movie way too much!!! Sorry no offense but it’s kinda annoying
Larry Hulce was Animal House was his first Movie.
Animal house Amadeus…Larry. Jason 4
Robards was a renowned actor a legand
Ron Howard’s Brother does cameo in his Movies. He’s always an asshole he was the mean dad at little league
Dude quit stopping so much