Uriah43
All "Andre" (Gerard Depardieu) wants is to spend some quality time with his 14 year-old daughter "Nicole" (Katherine Heigl). So he takes her to Jamaica for a nice vacation. However, when she gets there she happens to fall in love with a young man named "Ben" (Dalton James) and in order to impress him says that she is actually 18 and that Andre is her lover who rescued her from a life of crime and drugs. One thing leads to another and soon the entire resort is under the impression that Andre is a child molester and treat his friendly gestures with complete disdain. Meanwhile, Nicole discovers that in order to continue the ruse she has to continue stretching the truth even more out-of-balance than ever before. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that, in spite of the risqué subject matter, this turned out to be a nice little comedy. I especially liked the scene where Andre is asked to play the piano and he chooses a song that infuriates the crowd. In any case, I enjoyed this movie and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
mar_tusia
This is one of my favourite movies EVER... I have seen it about a million times and would never turn down the opportunity to watch it again. In fact, I love it so much that I REALLY wanted to check out the resort where it was filmed on my upcoming vacation... does anyone know the name of it? If so, please email me!!! I watched this movie for the first time when it was first released and I was about Nikki's age and for the longest time I bugged my dad to take me to away somewhere because of course I expected the same thing to happen to me! It's just such an amazing setting and such a cute puppy-love story. This is a definite DVD collector's must!
bob the moo
Having not seen her father for ages, fourteen year old Nicole has become a young woman when her father Andre comes to New York to take her away on a beach holiday. Nicole is embarrassed by her father and is struggling with being a woman and a girl at the same time. Keen not to appear childish in front of hunky Ben, Nicole tells him she is 16 and pretends her "father" is actually her lover. The plan convinces Ben of her age but when the story gets around that the much older Andre is having sex with a 16 year old, it causes problems at the resort.Although it took me quite a long time to get over the idea of a comedy revolving around the early sexual blooming of a 14 year old wearing a thong bathing suit, I eventually did and once I had all that was left was a rather bland comedy that had quite few laughs or moments of interest. The plot is in two basic threads. In one the annoying and totally undesirable Nicole tries to get Ben to fall for her. In the other Andre suffers because of unknowingly being taken for his own daughter's sugar daddy. Neither thread works at all well and the result is a mostly bland concoction that didn't interest me at all. The direction is suitable nondescript and does nothing with it.The cast can't lift the material and mostly are just so-so. Without any charm in the script, Depardieu just seems clunky. He has very little charisma with Heigl although that isn't all her fault. She only has two modes one is forcing her looks, the other is being petulant and spoilt. It does nothing to help make the material interesting or charming and she isn't any good. Support is average from James and others as the story is not good enough to give them anything to work with and there is nothing else for them to do.Overall this is a bland comedy that may appeal to teenage girls with the giggles but it did nothing for me. The material lacks charm and the cast just plod their way through it. Even ignoring the uncomfortable idea of the 14 year old girl pretending to be sexually active with a man in his late 40's this still is a strange and unfunny film.
Christina Andersen
I think is a great and a VERY funny movie. The story is so funny. The daughter Nicole brings her father Andre, in some very embarrassing situations In an effort to impress the boy of her dreams, the daughter pretends that her father is her lover.You just have to see!! Heigl is lovely as Nicole, perhaps too lovely; I'm not sure why she'd need to lie to hook anyone? Gerard Depardieu Acts very great in this comedy film, he is so fun to watch. If you like comedy and romantic film you just have to see this!!! I think you can see this film many time, and you will still have a good laugh.In an effort to impress the boy of her dreams, the girl pretends that her father is her lover.