PARENTHOOD (1989)

The Buckman family attempts to raise their children the best they can; enduring all the trappings that come along with “parenthood” in the meantime.  Meanwhile, estranged relatives, notorious trouble makers and eccentrics, and of course, dark secrets from the past come out in the dynamics of raising two rebellious teenagers in modern day America.

The cast includes: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Keanu Reeves, Harley Jane Kozak, Martha Plimpton, Helen Shaw, Joaquin Phoenix, Jasen Fisher, and Eileen Ryan.

Screenplay by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel.

Directed by Ron Howard.

The Parenthood Review