A
teenage boy's fantasy may to be inherit millions and be surrounded
by beautiful girls, but the reality is that high school kids
are often driven by peer pressure not to strive for anything
but chasing girls, and even that pursuit can be frustrating.
In Who's Your Daddy?, directed by
Andy Fickman, Chris Hughes (played by Brandon Davis) is a
reporter for the Xenia (Ohio) High School newspaper, The Porcupine.
He eats in the cafeteria with several self-styled "losers,"
including best friend corpulent Adam Torey (played by Charles
Talbert). Chris would like to go out with attractive Heather
(played by Patsy Kensit), and he resists attention from newspaper
editor Kate Reeves (played by Christine Lakin). Chris's father
(played by Justin Berfield) is straightlaced, but his mother
Beverly (played by Colleen Camp) is rather nutty. One day
there is a knock at the Hughes residence. Attorney Michael
Hunt (played by Robert Torti) has come to inform Chris that
his birthparents are both dead, and his birthfather's will
provides that he is to inherit an $87-million porn media empire
known as Heaven. Chris is then whisked to Los Angeles along
with Adam to take control of the business. Brookes (played
by Kadeem Hardison), the brother of Chris's birthfather wants
to take over, so he beguiles Chris with the opportunity to
indulge topless beauties at his new home and asks him to sign
papers that he does not understand that surrender control.
Upon learning that he no longer controls the $87 million,
Chris decides to return home, where he learns that his new
fame has attracted Heather, though Kate professes her continuing
attention just in case he changes his mind. Eventually, however,
Heaven stockholders organize a coup to bring back Chris, who
returns to Los Angeles for an inevitable happy ending. The
moral of the story then becomes clear if overplayed throughout
the film. MH
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