

Here come the grandparents. There go the rules.
25/12/2012
Overview
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.
Dune Entertainment III

Chernin Entertainment

Face Productions

Dune Entertainment

Walden Media

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047540
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3384891
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Review by: r96sk
Written by: r96sk on 2020-09-09T02:11:24.038Z
'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.