X
- 2012
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 45 m
- 2012
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 45 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Andy Fickman
Written By: Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse
- 2012
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 45 m
- 2012
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 45 m
Parental Guidance
36
5.1
Where to Watch
Summary 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.
Directed By: Andy Fickman
Written By: Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
36
5% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
65% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
30% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
36
5% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
65% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
30% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Parental Guidance is an engaging comedy that bridges multiple generation gaps, making it that rare movie that grandparents, their kids, and their kids can enjoy.
Parental Guidance is one of those intergenerational embarrassment comedies in the "Meet the Fockers" line, where children can enjoy seeing grown-ups looking ridiculous.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 94 User Ratings
5.1
37% Positive
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
32% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
31% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 94 User Ratings
5.1
37% Positive
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
32% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
31% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
Funny and heartwarming comedy about kids, parents, and grandparents. Realistic while exploring all the relationships such as mom & daughter, older mom & grown up daughter, grown up daughter with older dad, and the relationships each child has with his grandma and grandpa.
Also explores older marital situations and marital situations for current parents raising kids. Well done and most people I talk to love this movie, but the ones that do not tend to like it think heartwarming is all bull or "Hollywood". I see heartwarming things every day with my kids, this movie helps those try to find those situations in their own life.
Report
Great movie for the family. It is full of humor and very heartwarming. I love that the movie was very relatable to your own family experiences as well.
Report
It could be worse, and would be without Bette Midler or Marisa Tomei.
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.
The execution, alas, prevents this from being a genuine crowdpleaser, with the better moments (mostly of the schmaltzy variety) more than offset by the irritating and tedious ones.
The kids are charmless, the writing is bland, and the embarrassing jokes sound like nails down a blackboard.
Andy Fickman's comedy offers a confused and flat portrayal of generational differences.
epic
Report
Admittingly this movie doesn't offer a whole lot. It's not much more than a somewhat 'cute' comedy about a set of quirky grandparents that has a theme based of the diverse age gaps of the characters. With that being said, the movie is solid in a lot of the things it tries to do. Billy and Bette work quite nicely as grandparents and there are some laughs thrown in as well. Definetly not the highest quality viewing, but a decent pick if your just in the mood for a light hearted comedy.
Report
This wasn't as funny as I was hoping for but it was a pretty good film to watch with the family. Billy Crystal is great, as usual, and Bette Midler does a good job in more of a supporting role. Surprisingly, especially after my last movie-watching experience, the child actors in this movie were competent bordering on pretty good. The only character who really annoyed you was Marisa Tomei's. Speaking of annoying, that was really the drawback here. Like most modern day family comedies, this movie gets a decent amount of its laughs through pure annoyance. Not as bad as say, Meet the Parents, but it still have too many annoying parts. Overall, Parental Guidance is a decent family film but I wouldn't suggest it for most people.
Report
Crystal and Midler have both done great films in the past so what happened? Not much in this movie. Your typical crude in poor taste comedy, except this one is not funny either. Crystal's classic one liners over the situation around him are kept to a minimum and the life the kids have is less realistic than a cartoon. This movie plays out like a poor Adams Family sequel where the good actors were replaced by poor low paid imitators. The poopie song was kinda funny though so I bumped it up to a 3.
Report
I had to come to this movie mainly because my friend was going and I thought it would be a nice funny movie. It turned out to be a very predictable cheesy movie. Not good!
Report
Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox,
Walden Media,
Chernin Entertainment,
Face Productions,
Dune Entertainment,
Dune Entertainment III
Release Date Dec 25, 2012
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating PG
Tagline Here come the grandparents. There go the rules.
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 3 Nominations
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 1 Nomination
