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Parental Guidance

Play trailer Poster for Parental Guidance PG Released Dec 25, 2012 1h 44m Kids & Family Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Minor-league baseball announcer Artie Decker (Billy Crystal) and his wife, Diane (Bette Midler), get to see their only child, Alice (Marisa Tomei), very seldom. To their surprise, Alice and her husband (Tom Everett Scott) ask them to watch their children so they can embark on a trip for work. It promises to be a fun time for all, until the three young ones turn out to be quite a handful for this old-fashioned couple. Artie and Diane may need to bend the rules to make everyone happy in the end.
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Parental Guidance is sweet but milquetoast, an inoffensive trifle that's blandly predictable.

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J. Hoberman Tablet A strong candidate for the worst movie I've seen all year. May 5, 2016 Full Review Leah Churner Austin Chronicle Poor Crystal. There remains a scintilla of dignity in his sad clown. He may beatbox while wearing wraparound sunglasses, but, thankfully for you and yours, he does not dance the robot. Rated: 2/5 Jan 4, 2013 Full Review Ben Sachs Chicago Reader This grating family comedy resembles a sitcom in its flat lighting, patronizing music cues, and frames supplying little visual information apart from the actors' mugging faces. Jan 3, 2013 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com A simple family film that should prove appealing to multi-generation families looking for a film the whole family will enjoy this holiday season. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 19, 2020 Full Review Stefan Pape CineVue Parental Guidance is simply not very funny, which given its attempt to incorporate constant humour, poses quite the problem. Rated: 2/5 Feb 7, 2019 Full Review Sarah Gopaul Digital Journal It's definitely a feel good movie, making it the perfect family friendly holiday pick - just remember not to grumble when it doesn't offer any more than that. Oct 22, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jherek L This is the second worst movie I have ever watched after Satanic (2016). What makes it special is that this is the only movie I had ever stopped playing and threw into the trash. It was unbearable, the jokes aimed for a brainless audience, even the acting feels terrible (I don't know whether the acting was forced that way intentionally). This movie doesn't deserve a second chance, it surprises me there is people who actually liked it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/01/24 Full Review Emilliano Jr S Overall, this movie need guidance. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/28/23 Full Review StephenPaul C LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 44 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/14/23 Full Review David H I really liked this movie and im surprised that it had such a poor reception. A feel good movie which proves to be funny and infers strongly about issues which are relevant to this day and age. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/29/22 Full Review Audience Member if you are parent from Generation X you will totally understand this movie... Very Good movie to watch with your preteen.. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/22 Full Review Audience Member I actually thought it was pretty funny despite being a pretty bad movie Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Minor-league baseball announcer Artie Decker (Billy Crystal) and his wife, Diane (Bette Midler), get to see their only child, Alice (Marisa Tomei), very seldom. To their surprise, Alice and her husband (Tom Everett Scott) ask them to watch their children so they can embark on a trip for work. It promises to be a fun time for all, until the three young ones turn out to be quite a handful for this old-fashioned couple. Artie and Diane may need to bend the rules to make everyone happy in the end.
Director
Andy Fickman
Producer
Billy Crystal, Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark
Screenwriter
Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Chernin Entertainment, Face Productions
Rating
PG (Some Rude Humor)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 18, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$77.3M
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby, SDDS
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