1996/12/20 (US) | Romance, Comedy
She was having a perfectly bad day... Then he came along and spoiled it.
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
Terrel Seltzer
Screenplay
Michael Hoffman
Director
Ellen Simon
Screenplay
Michelle Pfeiffer
Melanie Parker
George Clooney
Jack Taylor
Mae Whitman
Maggie Taylor, Jack's daughter
Alex D. Linz
Sammy Parker, Melanie's son
Charles Durning
Lew, Jack's boss
No Image
Jon Robin Baitz
Mr. Yates, Jr.
Ellen Greene
Mrs. Elaine Lieberman
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$ 97,529,550
Released
Susie DeSanto
Costume Design
Christopher S. Nushawg
Set Designer
Dianne Wager
Set Designer
Kate Guinzburg
Executive Producer
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer
Anne Kuljian
Set Decoration
Garth Craven
Editor