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During the holidays, loving but overprotective Ned (Bryan Cranston) travels to California to visit his daughter Stephanie (Zoey Deutch) at Stanford University. While there, he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). Even though Laird is a multimillionaire, Ned disapproves of his freewheeling attitude and unfiltered language. His panic level escalates even further when he learns that Laird plans to ask for Stephanie's hand in marriage.

Comedy · 2016 · 1 hr 51 min
Director John Hamburg

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During the holidays, loving but overprotective Ned (Bryan Cranston) travels to California to visit his daughter Stephanie (Zoey Deutch) at Stanford University. While there, he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). Even though Laird is a multimillionaire, Ned disapproves of his freewheeling attitude and unfiltered language. His panic level escalates even further when he learns that Laird plans to ask for Stephanie's hand in marriage.

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Studio
20th Century Fox
Released
2016
Run Time
1 hr 51 min
Rated
15+
Region of Origin
United States
© 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio
English (United States) (AD, ⁨Dolby 7.1 Plus⁩, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Japanese (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)
Subtitles
English (United States) (CC), and 42 more...

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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.