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Parental Guidance

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• Comedy
• Family

• 2012
• Andy Fickman
• 100 mins
• U

Summary

Comedy starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler. Diane and her husband Artie agree to look after their three grandchildren when the brood's controlling parents are out of town on business. When Artie applies a more hands-off approach to childcare, it inevitably leads to chaos.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Stella Papamichael

Billy Crystal and Bette Midler play a couple of kooky old-timers who are asked to babysit their mollycoddled grandchildren in a comedy that celebrates the way parenting used to be. That means the kids are often left to their own devices, providing the perfect opportunity for some old-fashioned slapstick, including a cream-cake food fight and a public peeing incident that leaves skateboarding legend Tony Hawk injured. Younger viewers might be entertained, but there's little to amuse grown-ups. Crystal and Midler make a charming double-act, with wisecracks aplenty, but they're reined in for a family audience. The story is as much about the strained relationship with their daughter (a frazzled Marisa Tomei) as their grandchildren, but the expectation of a fresh, comedic perspective on modern parenting is never delivered by director Andy Fickman. Inevitably, lessons are learned by all, but frankly it all feels a bit obvious, perfunctory and dated.

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6.0/10

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Cast

rolenameArtie DeckerBilly CrystalDiane DeckerBette MidlerAlice Decker SimmonsMarisa TomeiPhil SimmonsTom Everett ScottHarper Decker SimmonsBailee MadisonTurner Decker SimmonsJoshua RushBarker Decker SimmonsKyle Harrison BreitkopfMr ChengGedde Watanabe

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rolenameDirectorAndy Fickman

Details

Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox

Released on

2012-12-21

Languages

English

Guidance

Some swearing.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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