Benjamin | |
Director: | Bob Saget |
Producer: | Nicholas Tabarrok |
Music: | Peter Rodgers Melnick |
Cinematography: | Arthur Albert |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Runtime: | 85 minutes |
Benjamin is a 2018 black comedy film about drug addiction directed by Bob Saget. It was the first film distributed exclusively by Redbox as well as Saget’s final directorial effort prior to his death in January 2022.
Saget cast himself as the patriarch of a family that includes a teen troubled by drug addiction. The cast includes Rob Corddry, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kevin Pollak, Peri Gilpin, Dave Foley, Cheri Oteri, Max Burkholder, Clara Mamet, David Hull, Jonny Weston, and James Preston Rogers.
Saget has offered parallels between the character he portrays in his film and Danny Tanner, the character he played on Full House and Fuller House.
The film premiered at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.