A 2009 comedy directed by Karey Kirkpatrick that has a father (Eddie Murphy) learning that his daughter's (Yara Shahidi) imagination has become the secret to his success.
The movie also stars Thomas Haden Church, Marin Hinkle, Ronny Cox, Stephen Rannazzisi, Nicole Ari Parker, De Ray Davis, Vanessa A. Williams, Martin Sheen, Laureen Weedman, and Stephen Root.
It was released on June 12, 2009.
Tropes for the film:
- Alliterative Name:
- Dante D'Enzo.
- Fred Franklin.
- Amicable Exes: Evan and Trish TRY to be but it's easier said than it would be done, with Evan working more than Trish.
- The Cloudcuckoolander Was Right: As it turns out, those drawing and predictions by Olivia were right—Two companies did merge and stocks for another shot up, so a "Yay!"
- I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: Murphy and Cox previously worked together on the Beverly Hills Cop movies.
- Magical Native American: Johnny Whitefeather like he is but it's subverted because he ain't actually Native American, he's really Finnish-Armenian with a small part of Navajo in his ancestry and he doesn't actually do anything "magical".
- Security Blanket: Olivia's "goo-gaa" acts as this.
- Tagline: "What if your daughter's imagination... Was the secret to your success?".
- Workaholic: Evan focuses a lot on his job as a financial advisor, which takes him away from his young daughter, Olivia.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: As mentioned above, a hella big source of the conflict in the movie is Evan being so consumed by his work as financial advisor. Trish is a downplayed case.
