Rotten
Its unholy mixture of peppy sadism and pious, self-righteous sentiment comes straight from Hughes' crabbed cinematic heart.
Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly
Dennis the Menace
He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer.
1993 · 1h 34m · PG
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Nick Castle
Overview
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Director and cast
- Nick Castle Director
- Walter Matthau as Mr. George Wilson
- Mason Gamble as Dennis Mitchell
- Joan Plowright as Mrs. Martha Wilson
- Christopher Lloyd as Switchblade Sam
- Lea Thompson as Alice Mitchell
- Robert Stanton as Henry Mitchell
- Paul Winfield as Chief of Police
- Amy Sakasitz as Margaret Wade
- Kellen Hathaway Cast
- Natasha Lyonne Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Very young children may find the numskull, by-the-numbers gags here amusing, but teens will consider this kids' stuff and adults will be pained.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Rotten
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Castle try hard to re-create a kind of timeless, idealized comic-strip atmosphere, but except for the performances of Lea Thompson and Robert Stanton... nobody in the movie seems in touch with the nature of the comedy.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Those good qualities are undermined, unfortunately, by the Switchblade Sam character, who is dirty, threatening and scary.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Most children will get a kick out of it, although adults roped into accompanying their offspring may find themselves yearning to escape through the nearest exit.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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