The Day My Parents Ran Away (1993) (TV)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Martin Nicholson

Writer (WGA):

Handel Glassberg (teleplay)

Release Date:

13 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A Comedy Where Parental Guidance Is Not Required.

Plot:

An irresponsible teen examines his life after his fed-up parents leave him to fend for himself.

Cast

Matt Frewer	...	Bob Miller
Robert Jayne	...	Matt Miller (as Bobby Jacoby)
Brigid Brannagh	...	Melanie Hope (as Brigid Conley Walsh)
Seth Green	...	Leo
Chance Quinn	...	Val
Kevin Meaney	...	Sam Scott
Ben Stein	...	Dr. Lillianfarb (as Benjamin J. Stein)
Peter Michael Goetz	...	Waldo
Elena Wohl	...	Andrea
Martin Mull	...	Norman Roberts
Blair Brown	...	Mrs. Judy Miller
Nick Toth	...	Arthur Hope
Charlotte Booker	...	Mrs. Dawn Hope
Jane Alden	...	Millicent
Eric Poppick	...	Roy Yantek

Also Known As:

Missing Parents (Australia) (USA)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Chanticleer Films

Soundtrack:

WALK AWAY

good entertainment if you're bored and it's free

I only watched this movie because it came on late at night and I was up. I missed the first couple of minutes, so I didn't know what was on, just that it was a movie. It took about 2/3 of the movie before I started to "get it"; until then, I had been spending a lot of mental energy simply trying to figure out _what_ this movie _was_ -- not the title, I mean what it _was_. Some parts of it still don't make much sense, but, strangely enough, I actually enjoyed this oddball film. I thought all the major players nailed their characters pretty well, and the bizarre story kept me guessing enough to have fun watching. There were some good laughs (mostly intentional), and one thing I very much appreciated was that, while each character was cohesive and most of the main ones were multi-faceted, the scripting was unpredictable; that brought the characters (and the movie) to life for me. These people were fun to watch and I was always curious about what would happen next.

The one thing I _really_ don't get, though, is... what the heck was the deal with Sam Scott??? The guy was a raving looney. I kept waiting for the explanation to be that that whole TV show was an elaborate setup by Matt's parents, or something... but apparently it was real. And did the show really end the way it appeared to? If so, shouldn't Matt have, like, been arrested, or something?!!? LOL! I don't care; it was still a fun movie to watch.