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- 1994
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 35 m
- 1994
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 35 m
Summary A rich young boy finds his family targeted in an inside job and must use his cunning to save them.
Directed By: Donald Petrie
Written By: Neil Tolkin, Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein
- 1994
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 35 m
- 1994
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 35 m
Richie Rich
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5.7
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Summary A rich young boy finds his family targeted in an inside job and must use his cunning to save them.
Directed By: Donald Petrie
Written By: Neil Tolkin, Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
49
24% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
65% Mixed
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11 Reviews
12% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
49
24% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
65% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
12% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
A solid bit of fun in the straight-arrow family entertainment genre, Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin, doesn't pretend to be much more than pleasant matinee fodder.
Director Daniel Petrie keeps the whimsy under control most of the time, and he draws evenhanded work from the actors. The script by Tom S. Parker and Jim Jennewein, based on Neil Tolkin's story, rarely rises above the level of comic-strip balloons, but that's as it should be. [23 Dec 1994]
Richie Rich has some fun with Richie's pampered life, and Culkin seems at ease with the role of a kid who has been isolated from his peers by money and celebrity - perhaps because it surely touches on feelings in his own young life. [21 Dec 1994, p.E01]
The mediocre screenplay (by Tom S. Parker and Jim Jennewein of The Flintstones) is a more sober version of Arthur, with elements from Our Gang, North by Northwest and TV's Gilligan's Island. The filmmakers seem to think of their movie as a fiduciary fable, but they're not quite sure about its moral.
Richie Rich is a movie fashioned with dollars, not sense. [21 Dec 1994, p.8C]
User Score
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User Score
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Based on 14 User Ratings
5.7
21% Positive
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Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
YoungStar Awards
• 1 Nomination
