Parenthood (1989) on Netflix
Gil Buckman, a St. Louis sales executive, juggles his career with three children and a wife expecting a fourth. When he learns his eldest son needs counseling, he questions his own fathering.
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Plot summary
Four siblings in a St. Louis family raise children of their own. Gil, a sales executive, is stretched between his job and his three children, and when his eldest son, Kevin, needs psychological counseling, he wonders whether he is fit to be a father; his wife, Karen, is pregnant with a fourth. His sister Helen, a divorced bank manager, brings up Julie and Garry while their wealthy dentist father keeps his distance. Their sister Susan teaches middle school and wants another baby, though her husband, Nathan, is absorbed in the development of their daughter, Patty. The youngest, Larry, long the family's black sheep, arrives with his son, Cool, and asks his father, Frank, for money.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Parenthood (1989)
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- Much of the film is based on the family and parenting experiences of Ron Howard, who directed it, screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and producer Brian Grazer, who have at least 17 children among the four of them.
