

Why Him?
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- Common Sense Age 17+
- Critics Consensus 38%
- UHD
- HDR
- CC
- AD
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- Comedy
- 1 Hour 51 Minutes
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3.7, 266 Ratings
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Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective dad, visits his daughter at Stanford where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). A rivalry develops and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns Laird is about to pop the question.
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- Rent $2.99
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Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective dad, visits his daughter at Stanford where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). A rivalry develops and Ned's panic level goes through the roof when he finds himself lost in this glamorous high-tech world and learns Laird is about to pop the question.
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- Rent $2.99
- Buy $9.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: Solidly cast but overall misconceived, Why Him? offers the odd chuckle, but ultimately adds disappointingly little to its tired father-vs.-fiancé formula.
Funny but formulaic comedy has lots of crude material.
Cast & Crew
Information
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Genre
- Comedy
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Subtitles, Audio Description, Stereo, Dolby 5.1, Dolby 7.1)
- Additional
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French (Subtitles, Stereo), Spanish (Subtitles, Stereo)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
- AD
- Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.