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. 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 occurred during the summer of 1993. The film debuted at No. 4 behind "", "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Philadelphia". The film received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 14%, based on 14 reviews, with an average score of 3.8/10. The film featured music and appearances by the Baha Men. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack.