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'Parental Guidance' drags. It's very much a one-man band as the amusing Billy Crystal stops this from dropping to deeply low depths, he has a decent amount of good gags and is full of sharp wit. Bette Midler is a (not so) close second, she bounces off Crystal's comedy well. Al…
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Parental Guidance
“Here come the grandparents. There go the rules.”
60%
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1h 44m
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Parental Guidance (2012) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Parental Guidance (2012) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~104 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Parental Guidance 60% (482 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2012-12-25
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 88042
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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 a... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast
Billy Crystal
Artie Decker
Bette Midler
Diane Decker
Marisa Tomei
Alice Simmons
Tom Everett Scott
Phil Simmons
Bailee Madison
Harper Simmons
Joshua Rush
Turner Simmons
Kyle Breitkopf
Barker Simmons
Jennifer Crystal Foley
Cassandra
Rhoda Griffis
Dr. Schveer
Gedde Watanabe
Mr. Cheng
Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk
Steve Levy
Steve Levy
Cade Jones
Ivan Halloran
Mavrick Moreno
Cody
Madison Lintz
Ashley
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Corey James Wright
Drayton Glass
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Justin R. Kennedy
Brad Zolick
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Fyodor Cherniavsky
Orchestra Conductor
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'Parental Guidance' drags. It's very much a one-man band as the amusing Billy Crystal stops this from dropping to deeply low depths, he has a decent amount of good gags and is full of sharp wit. Bette Midler is a (not so) close second, she bounces off Crystal's comedy well. All of the cast that play their family are entirely forgettable, almost annoying in fact. The premise, though it may conclude with a truckload of heart, is boring. It's a tale we've all seen before and it doesn't really add anything different in that regard. It does, to be fair, at least end with a positive meaning which you can't help but appreciate. Unfortunately, all in all, this fails to the hit correct spot with me.
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