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And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird!

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And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird!

PG

1991

1h 32m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Two boys (Joshua Miller, Edan Gross) help their mother (Marcia Strassman) by inventing a robot, which soon holds their father's talking ghost.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

The strangest thing about it is that the parents in the movie are less weird than just about everybody else.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 6, 2003

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a predominantly worthless piece of work that's aged terribly in the years since its 1991 release.

Rated: .5/4

Jan 27, 2022

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Dated robot comedy set against a backdrop of suicide.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 15, 2012

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 12, 2005

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Michael W

This robot movie was pretty good. Joshua John Miller, Edan Gross, Marcia Strassman, Alan Thicke, and the rest of the cast did a pretty good job in this movie. The story of the movie was kind of humorous and a little over the top. It's about bringing your dad back to life in the form of a robot. If you haven't seen this movie yet, you might enjoy it. It wasn't as great as I thought, but it wasn't terrible.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/25

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steve d

Not even the kids will enjoy it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Father who passed away returns in the robot invention his two sons put together in the garage. Dad manages to reconnect with the kids and seems to give his blessing to Mom's new romance while saving the family from peril before returning to heaven. Feel good movie for tweens with Alan Thicke wisely cast as the voice of Dad given he was in the midst of a long run as the patriarch of the Seaver household in ABC's hit comedy Growing Pains.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Two whiz kids build a small R2 unit which is inhabited by the spirit of their deceased father after some tinkering by kids on a ouija board. Recruiting Alan Thicke to voice the robot/father was an excellent call given his role on Growing Pains. Despite the title the parents are not actually weird at all; they are caring and protective against overdone caricatures of greedy corporate types, unscrupulous rivals and pushy reporters invading their privacy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

The Parents are weird, the kids are brilliant, but the idea is out of this world.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Well intended but flat pic that will only appeal to the under-twelves in the family.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Tony Cookson

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Joshua John Miller

Josh Carson

Edan Gross

Max Carson

Marcia Strassman

Sarah Carson

Alan Thicke

Matthew Carson

Susan Gibney

Alice Woods

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Synopsis

Two boys (Joshua Miller, Edan Gross) help their mother (Marcia Strassman) by inventing a robot, which soon holds their father's talking ghost.

Director: Tony Cookson
Producer: Just Betzer
Screenwriter: Tony Cookson
Production Co: Panorama Entertainment
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $402.5K
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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