Parental Guidance (2012)
Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.
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Parental Guidance (2012)
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Released Year: 2012
Runtime: 104 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Directors: Andy Fickman
Casts: Joshua Rush, Marisa Tomei, Tiffany Morgan, Bailee Madison, Rhoda Griffis, Billy Crystal, Jody Thompson, Patricia French, Tony Hawk, Tom Everett Scott, Steve Levy, Karan Kendrick, Gedde Watanabe, Bette Midler, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Madison Lintz, Brad James, Mavrick Moreno
IMDB: Parental Guidance (2012)
Storyline
Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.
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Reviews
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Arizona Republic -
This is the first time in ages some of the old stand-up Crystal shows through, flashes of quick wit instead of Borscht-belt antics. Not to the extent that it used to in such movies as "When Harry Met Sally ..." (which was, ahem, 23 years ago). But better than you'd expect...Just like the movie.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Billy Crystal and Bette Midler hustle to peddle the threadbare material that makes Andy Fickman's comedy a perfectly tolerable, if uninspired, moviegoing experience.
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Boston Globe -
Parental Guidance is overly generous with regard to the silliness. However, it's not clueless. Crystal seems determined to give as generously as he gets. When a bully whacks him, Crystal covers the bully in vomit. Good for him.
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San Francisco Chronicle -
Perhaps anticipating an older audience, most of the lessons are one-sided, with the old-timers seemingly harming the children while actually saving them.
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Variety -
The execution, alas, prevents this from being a genuine crowdpleaser, with the better moments (mostly of the schmaltzy variety) more than offset by the irritating and tedious ones.
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