Benjamin (2018 American film)

Benjamin is a 2018 black comedy film about drug addiction directed by Bob Saget.^[1][2] It was the first film distributed exclusively by Redbox^[3][4] and the final film directed by Saget prior to his death in January 2022.

Benjamin
Film poster
Directed by	Bob Saget
Written by	Joshua Turek
Produced by	Nicholas Tabarrok
Starring	Bob Saget as Bob Johnson Rob Corddry as Dr Bob Ault Mary Lynn Rajskub Peri Gilpin Cheri Oteri Max Burkholder
Cinematography	Arthur Albert
Music by	Peter Rodgers Melnick
Production companies	Darius Films Redbox
Distributed by	Quiver Distribution Redbox
Release dates	April 2018 (2018-04) (Beverly Hills) April 23, 2019 (2019-04-23)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Saget cast himself as the patriarch of a family with a teen troubled by drug addiction.^[4] 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 said there are parallels between Bob Johnson, the father he portrays in Benjamin and Danny Tanner, the character he played on Full House and Fuller House.^[5][6] The film premiered at the Beverly Hills Film Festival in 2018.^[7]

Cast

• Bob Saget as Ed
• Rob Corddry as Dr. Ed
• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Jeanette
• Peri Gilpin as Marley
• Cheri Oteri as Clarice
• Max Burkholder as Benjamin
• Clara Mamet as Amber
• David Hull as Ronny
• Jonny Weston as Tom
• James Preston Rogers as Ulf
• Dave Foley as Mitch
• Kevin Pollak as Rick