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L'héritier à quatre pattes

Original title: Walk Like a Man
  • 1987
  • PG
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
1.7K
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Christopher Lloyd and Howie Mandel in L'héritier à quatre pattes (1987)
As a baby, Bobo gets separated from his family during a camping trip. After being raised by wild dogs for twenty years, Bobo is discovered by animal researcher Penny, who brings him back to his family and attempts to teach Bobo how to readjust to life with humans. While his mother is overjoyed to see him again, Bobo's older brother Henry is more worried about losing his share of the inheritance. As Bobo progresses with Penny's lessons, Henry plots to have him eliminated.
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A boy raised by wolves is reunited as an adult with his real family.A boy raised by wolves is reunited as an adult with his real family.A boy raised by wolves is reunited as an adult with his real family.

  • Director
    • Melvin Frank
  • Writer
    • Robert Klane
  • Stars
    • Christopher Lloyd
    • Howie Mandel
    • Cloris Leachman
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    1.7K
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    • Director
      • Melvin Frank
    • Writer
      • Robert Klane
    • Stars
      • Christopher Lloyd
      • Howie Mandel
      • Cloris Leachman
    • 26User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Christopher Lloyd
    Christopher Lloyd
    • Reggie Shand…
    Howie Mandel
    Howie Mandel
    • Bobo Shand
    Cloris Leachman
    Cloris Leachman
    • Margaret Shand
    Colleen Camp
    Colleen Camp
    • Rhonda Shand
    Amy Steel
    Amy Steel
    • Penny
    Stephen Elliott
    Stephen Elliott
    • Walter Welmont
    George DiCenzo
    George DiCenzo
    • Bob (Bub) Downs
    John McLiam
    John McLiam
    • H.P. Truman
    Earl Boen
    Earl Boen
    • Jack Mollins
    Howard Platt
    Howard Platt
    • Fred Land
    Millie Slavin
    • Essie Welmont
    William Bogert
    William Bogert
    • A.J. (Al) Brown
    Isabel Cooley
    Isabel Cooley
    • Judge…
    Asa Lorre
    • Bobby Shand
    Jeremy Gosch
    • Young Reggie
    Gene Whittington
    • Fire Captain
    Jerry Taft
    • Doorman
    • (as Jeremy Taft)
    Ellen Albertini Dow
    Ellen Albertini Dow
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    • Director
      • Melvin Frank
    • Writer
      • Robert Klane
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    User reviews26

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    kasper-3

    funny and he is very cute

    Funny story and great roles. I like to recommend it a lot
    5uscopyritellc

    It's Good Memories Kind of Movie

    As a kid, I remember this movie as being hilarious. Back then we didn't need the high-tech special stuff movies have today that are so common. However, I do think the problems with this movie can be laid squarely on inadequate direction, not the acting or the actors and actresses themselves. The producer also has part of the blame, here. Ultimately, actors and actresses can only do as much as they can do--it is the director who is responsible for getting the whole team to get it together, the editors are supposed to catch the errors and screw-ups. All in all, this is a great movie for just a fun time, It's a trigger for some good memories for a whole generation, and the people who have an issue with this movie should be looking at the captains, not the team members individually, for dropping the ball repeatedly on this one. It is STILL hilarious, and it made my child laugh a great deal--and there is no better sound in the world than hearing the ones you love have fun with an old movie you remember from childhood. My advice? Lighten up, laugh more, and let things be what they are.
    lunatickittyn

    I caught this on TV and I want those two hours of my life back.

    Seriously. This movie was absolutely horrible. I knew I was in for a real treat (yes, that's extreme sarcasm) when I started rolling my eyes 2 minutes after it started and the young Bobo whines, "Have a heart, Pa, it's cold!" Yes. Because when I was 5, I always walked around telling my parents to "have a heart."

    The dialogue, the situations the characters get themselves into, and, of course, the unrelentingly terrible plot are all beyond clichéd and very ridiculous. Don't even get me started on the acting. I see that Howie Mandel's shilling for Boston Pizza now. I can't decide where his acting is worse, in that or in this.

    Bah. I don't even want to review this anymore, it's just making me relive a painful two hours that I just want to forget.

    I'm going to go scrub my eyes with soap now.

    Don't even watch this if it's on T.V., check out something more intellectually and visually stimulating. Like an infomercial.
    7Beartallica86

    A laugh-out-loud flick.

    If you ever feel like watching a movie for just pure fun and just taking a step out of serious stuff in most movies, this is the movie you must see. The 80's cheese makes this movie so funny!

    Its all about a baby boy, nicknamed Bobo, that has been banished by his older brotherinto the wilderness and then gets raised by wolves.28 years later a scientist goes into the woods to study a pack of wolves until she stumble upon the human wolf. Bringing him back to civilization, she teaches Bobo to read, talk, walk, and write his name in the favor for Bobo's mischievous brother to sign some papers to have $30,000,000 from their late father's savings into his own money instead of splitting the money down the middle. And thats where the wackiness begins. Notice the 80's story plot?

    I'm not a man that is into mindless movies like Dude Where's My Car?, Bill & Ted Excellent Adventure, or Harold and Kumar Goes to White Castle for examples. But this movie, which somewhat fits into this category, makes me never get tired of watching it. It's just pure fun! 7/10
    AlexanderDragon

    No laughs

    Reading over the other comments for "Walk like a man," almost every positive comment is associated with childhood memories of this film. I never saw it as a child. I just watch it recently (on TV). This is a predictable, sappy and tiresome movie, with bland slap-stick humour and simple jokes. It wouldn't surprise me if children enjoyed this movie giving rise to fond memories, but adults wont come away with anything positive.

    "Walk like a man" is a comedy about a man, named Bobo (Howie Mandel), who, raised by wolves for 28 years, is found and brought back to live with his brother, Reggie (Christopher Lloyd). Bobo is trained to be more civilized by a scientist named Penny, the woman who found him, while his brother plots a method to get at Bobo's half of their father's inheritance. Bobo acts like a wolf for most of the picture and causes mayhem pretty well everywhere he goes which quickly gets boring. Bobo goes to the country club. Will he cause trouble? Bobo goes to the lawyer. Will he cause trouble? Bobo attends a dinner party. Will he cause trouble? The movie even starts to play on its own predictable routine.

    There wasn't a moment in this film where I laughed. I couldn't get passed the boring routine and how everything happens for predictable laughs. Despite being a satire on "Tarzan," that lack of any laughs made the unrealistic events stand out where a good comedy should've let me look beyond them. The subplots, such as Bobo constantly ruining the neighbours cement driveway and a love story between Bobo and Penny, just aren't funny, nor touching, nor interesting. "Walk like a man" is a dull comedy worth skipping (even on TV).

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    • Trivia
      At the Dragon Con convention in 2011, Christopher Lloyd claimed this movie was the one he was most embarrassed by.
    • Goofs
      The Super Big Gulp that Penny buys for BoBo is obviously an empty cup.
    • Quotes

      Customer: Are you a homo?

      Bobo Shand: No. I'm a Bobo.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Urgences: Walk Like a Man (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Walk Like A Man
      Written by Bob Crewe (uncredited) and Bob Gaudio (uncredited)

      Performed by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

      Courtesy of Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Walk Like a Man
    • Filming locations
      • Higgins-Verbeck-Hirsch Mansion - 637 South Lucerne Boulevard, Windsor Square, Los Angeles, California, USA(Shand family house)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $460,608
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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