Actor Jeff Daniels waves to the crowd at the world premier of his new movie, "Escanaba in da Moonlight," Sunday, Oct. 22, 2000, at the Fox Theater in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Warner)
Italian film director and actor Roberto Benigni thanks the audience after winning the Cannes Grand Prix for " La Vita e Bella" (Life Is Beautiful) during the festival ceremony at the Festival Palace in Cannes, Sunday May 24, 1998.(AP PHOTO/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Actors Will Smith, right, and Thandie Newton arrive at the film premiere of "Pursuit of Happyness" in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
** File ** In this file photo, Gregory Peck is shown as attorney Atticus Finch, a small-town Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape, in a scene from the 1962 movie "To Kill a Mockingbird." The film is among the American Film Institute's best courtroom drama movies. (AP Photo)
Actors Steve Martin, left, and Martin Short, right, joke backstage with Diane Keaton, this year's honoree at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 34th Gala Tribute, in New York, Monday, April 9, 2007. ( AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
Albert Brooks attends the premiere of "Finding Nemo" 3D at the El Capitan Theatre on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
There’s no shortage of dads in the movies. But all too often, it seems that filmmakers fall back on the stereotypically goofy, bumbling dad � the kind who inspires head shaking and eye rolling from his wife and kids (not to mention everyone watching at home).
Although that breed of clueless patriarch certainly can be funny (see Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Vacation�), the dads we really love are the ones who are thoughtful, caring, and truly committed to working hard at fatherhood. They’re not perfect, but that makes them all the more realistic and appealing � not to mention worthy role models.
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Albert Brooks attends the premiere of "Finding Nemo" 3D at the El Capitan Theatre on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Actor Jeff Daniels waves to the crowd at the world premier of his new movie, "Escanaba in da Moonlight," Sunday, Oct. 22, 2000, at the Fox Theater in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Warner)
Actors Steve Martin, left, and Martin Short, right, joke backstage with Diane Keaton, this year's honoree at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 34th Gala Tribute, in New York, Monday, April 9, 2007. ( AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
** File ** In this file photo, Gregory Peck is shown as attorney Atticus Finch, a small-town Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape, in a scene from the 1962 movie "To Kill a Mockingbird." The film is among the American Film Institute's best courtroom drama movies. (AP Photo)
Actors Will Smith, right, and Thandie Newton arrive at the film premiere of "Pursuit of Happyness" in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Italian film director and actor Roberto Benigni thanks the audience after winning the Cannes Grand Prix for " La Vita e Bella" (Life Is Beautiful) during the festival ceremony at the Festival Palace in Cannes, Sunday May 24, 1998.(AP PHOTO/Remy de la Mauviniere)
