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* FrustratingLie: When Niki is abroad with her father André, she tells her love interest Ben that André is her lover, rather than her father. At first, André goes along with this, but Niki's lies become more and more outrageous, including that she cannot leave him because he is dying of an incurable disease. Again, André plays along and pretends to be ill, but he finally snaps and demands that Niki tell Ben the truth. She still fails to do so, until her lies finally come crashing down in a spectacular fashion.
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** Exasperating Andre as he is well that that war was fought between England and France in the 14th and 15th Centuries.
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** Exasperating Andre as he is well that aware that war was fought between England and France in the 14th and 15th Centuries.
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* LoveTriangle: Niki falls in love with Ben. Unfortunately, she has already told him that Andre, her father, is actually her lover. After initial rage, Ben develops respect and a man crush on Andre, thanks to his lies told to sink Niki in deeper.
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* TriangRelations: Niki falls in love with Ben. Unfortunately, she has already told him that Andre, her father, is actually her lover. After initial rage, Ben develops respect and a man crush on Andre, thanks to his lies told to sink Niki in deeper.
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* BigNo: David frequently says "I'll come with you" to Andre. On one occasion, Andre says a very firm "Non!"
* FawltyTowersPlot: Niki tells one lie after another, saying it makes life more interesting. She lies that she is eighteen instead of fourteen; that Andre is her lover, rather than her father (and she calls him Andre); and word quickly spreads. When Ben tells her to leave him, she says that she can't, because Andre is dying of a rare incurable disease. Finally, the lies come crashing down when Andre is danger of drowning, and Niki yells "Daddy!" in front of Ben.
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* LovableNerd: David, the economics-loving New Yorker Andre introduces Nicole to. He ends up bonding more with Andre talking about the early European Union as Nicole obviuosly shows no interest in him. He finds love at the end of the movie with an equally nerdy girl.
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* LovableNerd: David, the economics-loving New Yorker Andre introduces Nicole to. He ends up bonding more with Andre talking about the early European Union as Nicole obviuosly obviously shows no interest in him. He finds love at the end of the movie with an equally nerdy girl.girl.
* LyingFingerCross: Niki does one when Ben makes her promise never to lie to him again.
* LyingFingerCross: Niki does one when Ben makes her promise never to lie to him again.
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* MeaningfulName: In the original French film, the girl's name is Véro, meaning "truth".
* ParentalIncest: Subverted in a very strangefashion.fashion, in that everyone believes that this is what is happening.
* ParentalIncest: Subverted in a very strange
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''My Father the Hero'', the 1994 American remake of the 1991 French film ''Mon père, ce héros'', is a romantic comedy directed by Steve Miner and starring Creator/GerardDepardieu.
Creator/GerardDepardieu (who [[RoleReprise already played]] the main protagonist of ''Mon père, ce héros'').
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* PantyShot: Nicole as she kisses Ben near the end, due to wind.
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* LovableNerd: With splashes of TheWoobie and {{Adorkable}}, we have David, the economics-loving New Yorker Andre introduces Nicole to. He ends up bonding more with Andre talking about the early European Union as Nicole obviuosly shows no interest in him. He finds love at the end of the movie with an equally nerdy girl.
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* MarilynManeuver: Some wind comes along and blows up Nicole's skirt while she kisses Ben towards the end.
* PantyShot: Nicole as she kisses Ben near the end, due to wind.
* PantyShot: Nicole as she kisses Ben near the end, due to wind.
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* PlayingCyrano: Andre does this for Nicole and Ben.
** It's a bit of ActorAllusion, as Depardieu's most celebrated role was Cyrano De Bergerac.
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* TriangRelations: Niki falls in love with Ben. Unfortunately, she has already told him that Andre, her father, is actually her lover. After initial rage, Ben develops respect and a man crush on Andre, thanks to his lies told to sink Niki in deeper.
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* TriangRelations: Niki falls in love with Ben. Unfortunately, she has already told him that Andre, her father, is actually her lover. After initial rage, Ben develops respect and a man crush on Andre, thanks to his lies told to sink Niki in deeper.deeper.
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** Said to be his best film, Depardieu won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Cesar Awards (France's Oscars). He also was nominated for an Best Actor Oscar, one of only six at the time for a non-English speaking role.
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* TheCastShowoff: That really was Gerard Depardieu playing the piano in those three scenes.
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''My Father, The Hero'', the 1994 American remake of a French film, is a romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Depardieu.
Depardieu plays Andre, a divorced French man taking his estranged daughter Nicole on vacation to the Caribbean. Nicole wants little to do with her father because she feels he abandoned her. While on vacation Nicole meets Ben, a local, and falls in love. Wanting to appear more worldly and grown up, she tells Ben that Andre is not her father, but her lover. HilarityEnsues
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Depardieu plays Andre, a divorced French man taking his estranged daughter Nicole on vacation to the Caribbean. Nicole wants little to do with her father because she feels he abandoned her. While on vacation Nicole meets Ben, a local, and falls in love. Wanting to appear more worldly and grown up, she tells Ben that Andre is not her father, but her lover. HilarityEnsues
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** Also Stephen Toblowsky in his minor role portrays Stanley Kowalsky from {{A Streetcar Named Desire}} and hams up the SkywardScream.
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** Also Stephen Toblowsky in his minor role portrays Stanley Kowalsky from {{A Theatre/{{A Streetcar Named Desire}} and hams up the SkywardScream.
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* ChivalrousPervert: Even before the turth is revealed, Andre manages to turn around some people's minds with his charm.
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* ChivalrousPervert: Even before the turth truth is revealed, Andre manages to turn around some people's minds with his charm.
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* TriangRelationship: Niki falls in love with Ben. Unfortunately, she has already told him that Andre, her father, is actually her lover. After initial rage, Ben develops respect and a man crush on Andre, thanks to his lies told to sink Niki in deeper.
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* TriangRelationship: TriangRelations: Niki falls in love with Ben. Unfortunately, she has already told him that Andre, her father, is actually her lover. After initial rage, Ben develops respect and a man crush on Andre, thanks to his lies told to sink Niki in deeper.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: One of Nicole's lies has Andre contracting a rare illness in Africa during the Hundred Years War. Andre then points out that the Hundred Years War was fought in the Middle Ages in Europe.
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* BilingualBonus: Hardly a surprise given that Depardieu is French and plays a French national.
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* DisappearedDad: Andre has been living in France for five years while Nicole lives in New York. He hadn't seen her for almost two years.
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* PlayingCyrano: Andre does this for Nicole and Ben.
** It's a bit of ActorAllusion, as Depardieu's most celebrated role was Cyrano De Bergerac.
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* LoveableNerd: With splashes of TheWoobie and Adorkable, we have David, the economics-loving New Yorker Andre introduces Nicole to. He ends up bonding more with Andre talking about the early European Union as Nicole obviuosly shows no interest in him. He finds love at the end of the movie with an equally nerdy girl.
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* LoveableNerd: LovableNerd: With splashes of TheWoobie and Adorkable, {{Adorkable}}, we have David, the economics-loving New Yorker Andre introduces Nicole to. He ends up bonding more with Andre talking about the early European Union as Nicole obviuosly shows no interest in him. He finds love at the end of the movie with an equally nerdy girl.
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* Anti-Villain: Ben. He comes between Andre and Niki, but only because he thinks Andre is molesting her.
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''My Father, The Hero'', the American remake of a French film, is a romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Depardieu.
Depardieu plays Andre, a divorced French man taking his estranged daughter Nicole on vacation to the Caribbean. Nicole wants little to do with her father because she feels he abandoned her. While on vacation Nicole meets Ben, a local, and falls in love. Wanting to appear more worldly and grown up, she tells Ben that Andre is not her father, but her lover. HilarityEnsues
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Depardieu plays Andre, a divorced French man taking his estranged daughter Nicole on vacation to the Caribbean. Nicole wants little to do with her father because she feels he abandoned her. While on vacation Nicole meets Ben, a local, and falls in love. Wanting to appear more worldly and grown up, she tells Ben that Andre is not her father, but her lover. HilarityEnsues
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* ActorAllusion: Andre hides out of sight and gives love advice to Niki, who is talking to Ben. Gerard Depardieu starred in the title role in the 1990 version of "Cyrano De Bergerac."
** Said to be his best film, Depardieu won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Cesar Awards (France's Oscars). He also was nominated for an Best Actor Oscar, one of only six at the time for a non-English speaking role.
** Said to be his best film, Depardieu won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Cesar Awards (France's Oscars). He also was nominated for an Best Actor Oscar, one of only six at the time for a non-English speaking role.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: The entire resort thinks Andre is a pedophile. So, naturally, for Talent Night at the resort, he plays and sings Chevalier's "Thank Heaven for Little Girls."
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* CriticalDissonance: It is generally well-liked among viewers, but has only a 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes by critics.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Andre does his best to win back his daughter's affection, even briefly going along with her outrageous lie.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Andre does his best to win back his daughter's affection, even briefly going along with her outrageous lie.
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* RefugeInAudacity: In universe. After Niki tells Andre about her lie, he starts doing everything he can to impress Ben just to mock her.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Diana. She crushes on Andre after being introduced by Niki. She continues flirting until she meets a rich Italian man on the beach, the exact kind she was told she'd meet by her psychic.
* TheCastShowoff: That really was Gerard Depardieu playing the piano in those three scenes.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Subverted. One of the nerdy adults at the resort says Andre can't be French because he's not sexy like Catherine Deneuve.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Diana. She crushes on Andre after being introduced by Niki. She continues flirting until she meets a rich Italian man on the beach, the exact kind she was told she'd meet by her psychic.
* TheCastShowoff: That really was Gerard Depardieu playing the piano in those three scenes.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Subverted. One of the nerdy adults at the resort says Andre can't be French because he's not sexy like Catherine Deneuve.
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* ActorAllusion: Andre hides out of sight and gives love advice to Niki, who is talking to Ben. Gerard Depardieu starred in the title role in the 1990 version of "Cyrano De Bergerac."
** Said to be his best film, Depardieu won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Cesar Awards (France's Oscars). He also was nominated for an Best Actor Oscar, one of only six at the time for a non-English speaking role.
* Anti-Villain: Ben. He comes between Andre and Niki, but only because he thinks Andre is molesting her.
** Said to be his best film, Depardieu won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Cesar Awards (France's Oscars). He also was nominated for an Best Actor Oscar, one of only six at the time for a non-English speaking role.
* Anti-Villain: Ben. He comes between Andre and Niki, but only because he thinks Andre is molesting her.
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* BerserkButton: When people at the resort ask if Andre has a daughter.
** And when Niki tells him what she told others.
* ChivalrousPervert: Even before the turth is revealed, Andre manages to turn around some people's minds with his charm.
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** And when Niki tells him what she told others.
* ChivalrousPervert: Even before the turth is revealed, Andre manages to turn around some people's minds with his charm.
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* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Andre. The other adults at the resort think his accent must be how he got together with Niki.
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** Partially parodied in that initially, one patron doubts his Frenchiness because he's too fat. All Frenchies must be as sexy as Catherine Deneuve according to her.
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* LaResistance: Subverted. Andre tells Ben stories about how he fought to free countries to keep up with Niki's lies. Parodied in her initial lie that he was dying of a disease caught in Africa during the Hundred Years War.
** Exasperating Andre as he is well that that war was fought between England and France in the 14th and 15th Centuries.
* ParentalIncest: Subverted in a very strange fashion.
** Exasperating Andre as he is well that that war was fought between England and France in the 14th and 15th Centuries.
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* BarelyThereSwimwear: Katherine Heigl, at age 15 no less, wears a one piece suit with a thong bottom. Her father, seeing it for the first time, flips out. This then leads to...
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* DoNotCallMePaul: Heigl's character is named Nicole, but prefers to be called Niki.
* ForeignRemake: Of French film "Mon père, ce héros," also starring Gerard Depardieu.
* TriangRelationship: Niki falls in love with Ben. Unfortunately, she has already told him that Andre, her father, is actually her lover. After initial rage, Ben develops respect and a man crush on Andre, thanks to his lies told to sink Niki in deeper.
