My Father the Hero is a 1994 English language remake of the 1991 French film Mon père, ce héros. The remake was directed by Steve Miner and released by Touchstone Pictures. André , a Frenchman divorced from his wife, takes his teenage daughter, Nicole , on vacation with him. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl, so in order to impress a local boy Ben , she makes up more and more ridiculous stories, starting with André being her lover and leading to some bizarre assumptions by the rest of the community. André is desperate to make Nicole happy and so... plays along with her crazy games, and the stories they make up get increasingly bizarre. The film featured music and appearances by the Baha Men. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack.
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| Release date: | 1994 |
| Directed by: | Steve Miner |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Music by: | David Newman |
| Cinematography: | Daryn Okada |
| Genre: | Comedy |