My Father the Hero (1994 film)
My Father the Hero is a 1994 French-American comedy-drama directed by Steve Miner and starring Gérard Depardieu and Katherine Heigl. It is an English-language remake of the 1991 French film "Mon père, ce héros," which also starred Depardieu in a similar role. Plot. André Arnel (Gérard Depardieu), a Frenchman divorced from his wife, takes his teenage daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl), on vacation with him to The Bahamas. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl, so in order to impress a local boy Ben (Dalton James), 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 (especially as she is increasingly upset by his relationship with girlfriend Isobel) and so plays along with her crazy games, and the stories they make up get increasingly bizarre. Filming. Filming occurred during the summer of 1993. It was filmed on Paradise Island, Bahamas at the One & Only Resort, now known as The Ocean Club by Four Seasons Resort. Reception. Box office. The film debuted at number 4  at the US box office behind "", "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Philadelphia". It went on to gross $25.5 million in the United States and Canada and $19.3 million internationally for a worldwide total of $44.8 million. Critical response. The film received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 20%, based on 15 reviews, with an average score of 4.4/10. Soundtrack. The film featured music and appearances by the Bahamian junkanoo band Baha Men. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack.