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Parental Guidance

2012 · 104 min

A warm, silly family comedy where old-school grandparents clash with modern parenting, full of easy laughs and gentle heart.

Directed by
Andy Fickman
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
Here come the grandparents. There go the rules.
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.

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Directed by
Andy Fickman
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Andy Fickman
Written by
Joe Syracuse, Lisa Addario
Starring
Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush, Kyle Breitkopf, Jennifer Crystal Foley
Music
Marc Shaiman
Cinematography
Dean Semler
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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