Title: Why Him?
Original Title: Why Him?
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 111 Minutes (1 hour 51 min)
- Budget: 38,000,000
- Genre: Comedy
- Studios: 20th Century Studios 21 Laps Entertainment
- Distributor: Searchlight Pictures
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: December 26 2016
- United States: December 23 2016
Plot
The new comedy from the screenwriter who brought us the Meet the Fockers' trilogy, 'Zoolander' and 'I love you, man', will reunite Bryan Cranston and James Franco and make them rivals. A father (Cranston) travels next to her family to visit her daughter who is studying in college. There they will find their beloved daughter dating a young multimillionaire (Franco). Then a rivalry begins between the father and the boyfriend to earn the most love from the girl, who will se how both of them fight for her. 'Why Him?' is a comedy film directed by John Hamburg starring Zoey Deutch, Megan Mullally, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells and Zack Pearlman. The film is produced by 21 Laps Entertainment, Red Hour Films and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
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Videos
December 23 2016
Meet the Laird's lair 'Why him?'
December 23 2016
Pink Panther 'Why him?' Clip #3
December 15 2016
'Why him?' Clip Needles and pins
December 2 2016
Photos
Trivia
240 hours of filming
According to Megan Mullally, the cast was given free access to improvise as much as they wanted to and eventually 240 hours of films was shot on camera, which had to be trimmed to 90 minutes for the final film.
'Key and Peele'
Keegan-Michael Key and Zack Pearlman previously worked together on Key's show 'Key and Peele' during the 'Substitute Teacher' skit.
The bedroom scene
The bedroom scene between Megan Mullally and Bryan Cranston was not in the original script, but suggested by Mullally during rehearsals.
Soundtrack from 'Why Him?'
Jingle Bells
Compuesta por
James Pierpont
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Arranged The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
Silent Night
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Franz Xaver Gruber Joseph Mohr
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Winter Wonderland
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Felix Bernard Richard B. Smith
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Katy Tiz featuring Felix Snow
Sleigh Ride
Compuesta por
Leroy Anderson Mitchell Parish
Interpretada por
KT Tunstall
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