Con man Ray is going after one last heist – a stash of rare coins – when his estranged son Timmy unexpectedly shows up. Ray is too preoccupied with his robbery to spend time with his son, so Timmy blackmails him into acting like a father, hiding the coins and promises to return them only after Ray takes him to amusement parks and baseball games.
Acting
Ted Danson's reluctant dad energy is genuinely funny
Writing
The coin heist plot is stupid in the best way
Production
Peak 1994 San Francisco locations scream studio backlot
Director
Howard Deutch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Macaulay Culkin's first post-Home Alone 2 theatrical release and his first box office bomb, earning just $18 million against a $30 million budget.
The film represents the dying gasp of the 'kid blackmails adult' comedy subgenre that dominated early 90s family films before Pixar storytelling took over.
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