Very modest comedy finds father (Spacey) released from gaol after ten years, trying to rebuild his life initially finding his wife has moved on, he seeks to reconnect with his now estranged adult daughter but first he must gain the trust of her quirky friends and prove that he now has his priorities in the right order.
Not really sure what prompted Spacey to make this cheesy daddy-daughter reunification comedy, it's more akin to something in which Steve Carell might star. He never really inhabits the role, and there's only so much the hobo makeup will convey about his character, as he continually fumbles his opportunities to redeem his character's once prosperous lifestyle.
The cast is better than the material, with underrated Heather Graham potentially the standout performance playing one of his daughter's more masculine (but secretly vulnerable) friends, and John Stamos pops up briefly as a business competitor late in the picture as Spacey's journey begins to come full circle.
So light it's barely funny at all, 'Father of Invention' is a massive miss considering its staggering $11m budget, ill-conceived and casually handled, there's nothing much to recommend.
Not really sure what prompted Spacey to make this cheesy daddy-daughter reunification comedy, it's more akin to something in which Steve Carell might star. He never really inhabits the role, and there's only so much the hobo makeup will convey about his character, as he continually fumbles his opportunities to redeem his character's once prosperous lifestyle.
The cast is better than the material, with underrated Heather Graham potentially the standout performance playing one of his daughter's more masculine (but secretly vulnerable) friends, and John Stamos pops up briefly as a business competitor late in the picture as Spacey's journey begins to come full circle.
So light it's barely funny at all, 'Father of Invention' is a massive miss considering its staggering $11m budget, ill-conceived and casually handled, there's nothing much to recommend.