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Deals with family crisis in a way children can understand. The child characters appealed most to children experiencing similar situations. Kids enjoyed seeing Al Pacino as a young actor.

The father and children relate to each other in extraordinary ways. Addresses separation and divorce. Contains some profanity, gender stereotypes and sexual overtones. "Wild and crazy family but still charming." Dated approach to topic.

Al Pacino plays a playwright living in New York with five children and stepchildren. Parental role reversal occurs when the mother leaves the household and the father's commitment to the children pulls together an unlikely new family structure.