Rotten
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.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Parental Guidance
Here come the grandparents. There go the rules.
2012 · 1h 44m
Comedy
Directed by
Andy Fickman
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Andy Fickman Director
- Billy Crystal as Artie Decker
- Bette Midler as Diane Decker
- Marisa Tomei as Alice
- Tom Everett Scott as Phil Simmons
- Bailee Madison as Harper Simmons
- Joshua Rush as Turner Simmons
- Kyle Breitkopf as Barker Simmons
- Jennifer Crystal Foley as Cassandra
- Rhoda Griffis as Dr. Schveer
- Gedde Watanabe as Mr. Cheng
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
One of those intergenerational embarrassment comedies in the Meet the Fockers line, where children can enjoy seeing grown-ups looking ridiculous.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
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.
Chris Packham, Village Voice
Rotten
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.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
I can't deny I did feel fonder of my own family afterward, mostly because I know none of them would ever make me sit through Parental Guidance.
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine
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