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Genres:
Comedy
Language:
English
Running time:
1:44:39
Partner rating:
PG
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Billy Crystal Artie Decker
  2. Bette Midler Diane Decker
  3. Bailee Madison Harper
  4. Tom Everett Scott Phil
  5. Marisa Tomei Alice
  6. Joshua Rush Turner
  7. Kyle Harrison Breitkopf Barker

Directors

  1. Andy Fickman

Producers

  1. Billy Crystal
  2. Peter Chernin
  3. Dylan Clark

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Parental Guidance


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Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star as Artie and Diane -- an old-school grandfather and his people-pleasing wife, who babysit for their three decidedly 21st century grandchildren while the kids' type-A parents (played by Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott) are away for work. Artie's traditional ideas go toe-to-toe with the kids' (and their parents') cutting-edge, multitasking ways, but this modern family comes to learn that love, understanding... Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star as Artie and Diane -- an old-school grandfather and his people-pleasing wife, who babysit for their three decidedly 21st century grandchildren while the kids' type-A parents (played by Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott) are away for work. Artie's traditional ideas go toe-to-toe with the kids' (and their parents') cutting-edge, multitasking ways, but this modern family comes to learn that love, understanding, and an openness to trying new and old things, will always keep a family together. Andy Fickman directs from a script by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse.
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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

19%Tomatometer score: 19% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative 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. Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail One of those intergenerational embarrassment comedies in the Meet the Fockers line, where children can enjoy seeing grown-ups looking ridiculous. Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    Chris Packham, Village Voice An extended "in my day" joke intended to convey the superiority of old people over a lot of supposedly contemporary behavior that doesn't actually exist in real life. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Jim Schembri, 3AW Billy Crystal and Bette Midler team up as goofball grandparents in a cheesy, by-the-numbers slice of computer-written family comedy designed primarily as multiplex fodder for the holidays. Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly After a while it seems to run out of jokes, maybe to make room for all the crying and hug-it-out family redemption in the last half hour. Full review External link

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