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Parental Guidance

2012

Andy Fickman

Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott ...

4.5

1,764

Comedy When his daughter goes away for work, a grandfather finds himself having to take care of his three grandkids using 21st century methods -- though he soon resorts to an old-school style of parenting.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"It's hard to know who exactly 'Parental Guidance' was made for"	NEG
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"It could be worse, and would be without Bette Midler or Marisa Tomei."	NEU
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"A perfectly tolerable, if uninspired, moviegoing experience"	NEU
United States	Scott Bowles USA Today	"While its senior stars do a terrific job (...) Guidance drops the ball, in all departments, in its portrayal of anyone younger than 55 (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
Canada	Liam Lacey The Globe and Mail	"'Parental Guidance' is one of those intergenerational embarrassment comedies in the 'Meet the Fockers'line, where children can enjoy seeing grown-ups looking ridiculous."	NEU

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