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Parental Guidance (2012) 5.8
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Metascore: 36/100
Reviews: 71 user | 118 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com 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:Andy Fickman |
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Cast
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Artie Decker
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| Bette Midler | ... | ||
| Marisa Tomei | ... |
Alice Simmons
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Phil Simmons
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| Bailee Madison | ... |
Harper Simmons
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| Kyle Harrison Breitkopf | ... | ||
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Cassandra
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Dr. Schveer
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Mr. Cheng
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Himself
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Steve Levy | ... |
Himself
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Ivan Halloran
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Ashley
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Old school grandfather Artie (Billy Crystal), who is accustomed to calling the shots, meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife Diane (Bette Midler) agree to babysit their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go away for work. But when 21st century problems collide with Artie and Diane's old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, it's learning to bend - and not holding your ground - that binds a family together. Written by Official Site
Plot Keywords:
helicopter parents | corporal punishment | parental discipline | fired from the job | new technology |Taglines:
Here come the grandparents. There go the rules. See more »Genres:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
25 December 2012 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Us & Them See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$14,554,053 (USA) (28 December 2012)Gross:
$77,253,083 (USA) (10 May 2013)Company Credits
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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Walden Media, Chernin Entertainment See more »
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Harper Decker Simmons: [with a mouthful of cake] Yogurt not like ice cream! You lied!
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Written by Barbara L. Jordan, William Peterkin and Daniel Thompson
Performed by Pete Peterkin
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Artie says there are six Saw movies after watching the first. There are a total of seven. See more »Quotes
[from trailer]Harper Decker Simmons: [with a mouthful of cake] Yogurt not like ice cream! You lied!
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Crazy Credits
During the credits, we see pictures of each person listed with their children. See more »Soundtracks
"Possibilities"Written by Barbara L. Jordan, William Peterkin and Daniel Thompson
Performed by Pete Peterkin
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When Alice (Marisa Tomei) and Phil (Tom Everett Scott) have to leave town for an influential business trip, they are forced to entrust their three hellion children to Alice's parents, the equally hellion Artie (Billy Crystal) and Diane (Bette Midler). Hilarity ensues.
You watch a movie with Billy Crystal to laugh, and he doesn't disappoint. Crystal keeps in tune with the easygoing wit that made his hosting the Oscars so funny. "Parental Guidance" is a return to what made him famous in the first place: nice, funny family-friendly comedy.
Bette Midler is one of the only fairer-sex comediennes that could play opposite the scene-chewing Crystal. They make a great pair, and divvy out the laughs equally as hopelessly inept, secretly genius parents.
The script is written with a focus on the family being an audience, which is not to say the individual or the date can't enjoy it just as much. I was laughing in the first ten minutes, and it kept a steady procession of comical response.
Marisa Tomei is still a stunning beauty. She steals her scenes with unrivaled grace, no matter the movie, and here plays a mom different than her own parents. The comparison makes for a laugh in itself; especially where Crystal and Tomei interact.
There's no smut, no swearing, and no vulgarity. "Parental Guidance" is a refreshing blend of old and new that proves what made the classic laughs so great. Well done.