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Drunk Parents

Drunk Parents

2019
Comedy
97 min R USA
4.6 / 10
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Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighborhood schemes.

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Fred Wolf
Starring
Alec Baldwin / Salma Hayek Pinault / Joe Manganiello / Treat Williams / Michelle Veintimilla / Natalia Cigliuti / Jim Gaffigan / Aimee Mullins

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

chaotic desperate absurd comedic strained uneven spirited farcical predictable diverting amusing over-the-top

Reviews

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Sophie Chen
Apr 5, 2026
2.5 / 5
2.5

The central conceit of 'Drunk Parents'—two parents attempting to hide their financial struggles through increasingly bizarre neighbourhood schemes—is fertile ground for comedy. Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek Pinault bring their considerable talents to bear, delivering performances that are…

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Julian Thorne
Apr 5, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek Pinault are the undeniable engines of 'Drunk Parents,' playing a couple whose escalating financial difficulties necessitate elaborate, and often hilarious, neighbourhood schemes. Their performances are robust, injecting a much-needed energy into the film's…

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Penelope Davies
Apr 5, 2026
2.0 / 5
2.0

'Drunk Parents' presents a premise ripe for satire: a couple desperately hiding their financial woes through increasingly absurd neighbourhood schemes. Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek Pinault gamely inhabit these roles, their performances a testament to their comedic chops,…

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Marcus Bellweather
Apr 5, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

In 'Drunk Parents,' Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek Pinault play a couple whose attempts to conceal their financial troubles from their daughter and social circle lead to a series of escalating neighbourhood hijinks. The performances are spirited, with…

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Eleanor Vance
Apr 5, 2026
2.5 / 5
2.5

Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek Pinault anchor 'Drunk Parents' with a committed, if sometimes bewildering, performance. They embody a couple spiralling under financial strain, resorting to increasingly ludicrous neighbourhood schemes to maintain appearances. The direction, though unseen, seems…

FAQs

The tone of 'Drunk Parents' is predominantly comedic, leaning towards a farcical and sometimes chaotic style. The pacing is likely designed to build momentum as the parents' schemes become more elaborate and their attempts to conceal their problems grow more desperate. It aims for a light-hearted, if sometimes frantic, comedic experience driven by the characters' increasingly dire situation and their questionable coping mechanisms.