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Parents need to know that Parental Guidance is a mostly kid-friendly family comedy about the tension between grandparents' old-style parenting and their daughter and son-in-law's Type-A helicopter parenting. There's some rude and scatological humor -- e.g. "poopy head," "fartie….
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Dec 25, 2012 · Parental Guidance is sweet but milquetoast, an inoffensive trifle that's blandly predictable. Read Critics Reviews
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- Andy Fickman
- PG
- Billy Crystal
Dec 25, 2012 · Parental Guidance: Directed by Andy Fickman. With Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott. Artie and Diane Decker agree to look after their three grandchildren when their type-A helicopter parents need to go out of town for work.
- (27K)
- Comedy, Family
- Andy Fickman
- 2012-12-25
Parental Guidance is a pretty decent family comedy about bridging the generation gap, and the process of re-building relationships that have been neglected for a very long time.
A yappy pile-up of grandparents-know-best shtick, gross-out bathroom humor and sentimental claptrap. Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 2, 2013. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer,...
Dec 25, 2012 · Movie Review. Different generations parent differently. That’s the crux of the conflict in Parental Guidance, a sweet, funny story about what happens when old-school Grandpa and Grandma show up to take care of three coddled-and-sheltered kiddos so that new-school mom and dad can head out of town.
Dec 25, 2012 · Parental Guidance uses the feature-length sitcom narrative format, complete with episodic developments, farcical humor and a third act that ties everything together (with the requisite life-affirming lessons). It's a lightweight piece of family-friendly fluff in every meaning of the term.