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Also known as 20th Century Fox / TSG Entertainment / Walden Media / Chernin Entertainment / Georgia

2012 film directed by Andy Fickman

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Parental Guidance is a 2012 American comedy family film directed by Andy Fickman. The cast includes Billy Crystal, Marisa Tomei, Bailee Madison, and Bette Midler. Billy Crystal and Peter Chernin produced the film, which was created by Walden Media, Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Dune Entertainment III, Face Productions, and Dune Entertainment. Marc Shaiman composed the score, and Dean Semler served as director of photography.

The movie was filmed in Atlanta, California, and its narrative is set there. It was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix in video on demand format. The film has a runtime of 104 or 105 minutes and was released on December 25, 2012. Its tagline is "Here come the grandparents. There go the rules." The budget was 25,000,000, and the revenue reached 119,772,232.

The film is rated PG and holds a review score of 18%, 4/10, and 36/100. It has an IMDb rating of 6.0 and a vote average of 5.966. The movie received one win and four nominations. Keywords associated with the work include house, punishment, family, aftercreditsstinger, and chores.

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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 and Diane's old-school methods.

Released: 2012-12-25104 minDir: Andy FickmanComedyBudget: $25.0MBox office: $120M

Cast

  • Billy Crystal as Artie Decker
  • Bette Midler as Diane Decker
  • Marisa Tomei as Alice Simmons
  • Tom Everett Scott as Phil Simmons
  • Bailee Madison as Harper Simmons
  • Joshua Rush as Turner Simmons

Themes

  • house
  • punishment
  • family
  • aftercreditsstinger
  • chores
  • playful
  • dramatic
  • critical
  • admiring
  • adoring

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Ratings

IMDb

6/10

27,305 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

18%

Metacritic

36/100

Year
2012
Runtime
105 min
Genres
Comedy, Family
Rated
PG
Awards
1 win & 4 nominations total

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
Andy Fickman
Cast member
Madison Lintz
Composer
Marc Shaiman
Production company
20th Century Studios
Cinematographer
Dean Semler
Narrative location
California
Filming location
California
Duration
105
FilmAffinity ID
443752
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2013-02-28
title
Parental Guidance
distributed by
Netflix
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
36/100
Commons category
Parental Guidance (film)
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