Solidly cast but overall misconceived, Why Him? offers the odd chuckle, but ultimately adds disappointingly little to its tired father-vs.-fiancé formula.
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Movie Info
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Director -
John Hamburg -
Producer -
Shawn Levy , Ben Stiller , Jonah Hill , Dan Levine -
Screenwriter -
John Hamburg , Ian Helfer -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
Red Hour Productions , TSG Entertainment , 21 Laps Entertainment -
Rating -
R (Strong Language|Sexual Material Throughout) -
Genre -
Holiday , Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 23, 2016, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 14, 2017 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$60.2M -
Runtime -
1h 51m -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)