Two 12-year-old twin girls named Emily and Tess live in Los Angeles, California. Emily narrates the opening and talks about her life.

Her sister, Tess, is passionate about her diving team performance. Emily, on the other hand, is a surfer girl.

The girls have a sweet relationship with each other. They also have a heartwarming relationship with their father, Max.

However, Max spends little time with them due his constant time doing art and sculpting. He does this because he was widowed 2 years ago and deeply misses his beloved wife.

Tess and Emily decide to find their dad a girlfriend. There is one woman who’s interested in him. But the family disapproves of her.

At the diving team pool, Tess and Emily practice and impress their coach. Then they talk with their friends, including this boy, Cody.

The kids design an ad for a billboard to get Max a girlfriend. Lots of women answer.

At some point, a lady named Debbie writes Max a letter. In addition, she includes her friend, Brooke.

However, Brooke also brings her skater punk son, Ryan. Unfortunately, Tess and Emily don’t like him. This causes tension between their dad and Brooke.

What will this lead to?

As usual, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen portrayed their characters very believably. From friendships to peer drama and especially identical twin sisterly bonds, Tess and Emily are likely very relatable to real kids their age.

In addition, the concept of this film was very creative. I really admire the idea of 2 siblings helping their widowed father find a new girlfriend.

Despite that, I do feel like that is a little too idealized – especially since Emily and Tess lost their mother only 2 years prior to the events of this movie. Many other movies portray kids being unhappy when they’re widowed parents start dating again. That includes another movie starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: 1994’s How the West Was Fun.

In that one, the actresses play 8-year-old twin sisters who are disappointed with their father dating another woman after they lost their mother at age 5. I actually reviewed this movie which you can read here if you’d like.

That is actually much more believable than the plot of Billboard Dad. When a child loses a parent and their other parent begins dating, it is completely normal for them to feel betrayed or like they’re widowed parent is trying to replace their deceased parent.

Otherwise, I enjoyed Billboard Dad. It was a good timeless movie and there was nothing that I considered outdated since its 1998 release.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars.