Cautionary Movies to Show Dad on Father's Day

With Arnold Schwarzenegger's and John Edwards' infidelities overloading the news and pop culture, this upcoming Father's Day deserves a different theme when it comes to movies. Dads always seem to be weaker willed than moms, and they are far more likely to give into temptation without realizing it. So if you have the kind of relationship with dad that Arnold and John currently have with their children, this list is for you.

These are my picks of movies to show dad to not just show him how much you love him, but to make sure that he DOESN'T MESS AROUND like these cinematic daddies did.

"Damage"

There are tons of movies out there about husbands/dads cheating on their wives, but "Damage" is the most devastating one of all. It stars Jeremy Irons as a man who has a torrid affair with his son's fiance played by Juliette Binoche. It's bad enough when dad cheats on mom, but with his future daughter in law?!

Showing this film to dad will make it very clear; don't cheat on mom. But if you do, DON'T DO IT WITH MY FUTURE WIFE! WE CLEAR?

"Dead Poet's Society"

Kurtwood Smith wants his son Neal (Robert Sean Leonard) to become a doctor and is super strict about it. Neal however is passionate about acting which leads him to defy his dad. There's no doubt Kurtwood loves his son and wants the best for him, but his fatal flaw is of never listening to his son to see what he wants. The consequences of this make for an emotionally devastating ending.

Your dad doesn't listen to you enough or let you follow your passion? Show him "Dead Poets Society." Just tell him it stars Robin Williams and that it's not "Patch Adams."

"Fargo"

I sure do hope your dad is not as spineless William H. Macy's character is! Very short on money, he gets two lowlifes to kidnap his wife so that his father in law can pay a large ransom he can collect on. Like all schemes planned out thoroughly, it goes HORRIBLY wrong. "Fargo" will entertain your dad and remind him to stand up for what he needs out of life. Otherwise he'll lose your mom and alienate you forever!

"Say Anything"

John Mahoney has a great father/daughter relationship with Ione Skye in Cameron Crowe's 1989 film. But when a criminal investigation pries into his business affairs, it threatens to expose a dark secret that will tear these two apart. "Say Anything" shows us that trust is the most important thing in any relationship, and it cannot be repaired once broken. Children looks up to their parents like no one else, so showing this to dad will remind him of that (and that embezzling from the elderly is BAD). Besides, no one makes better relationship movies than Cameron Crowe.

"Frailty"

Bill Paxton's directorial debut has him playing a father who takes his two sons on a mission from God to kill "demons." It's a strange relationship between these three to say the least, and probably not the best way to raise children. When you get your dad "Frailty" on DVD, it will be your way of telling him that if God tells you to kill people, you will be running in the opposite direction. This is regardless of whether said "demons" are real; you're calling the cops on him before he picks up that ax!

Happy Father's Day everyone!

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