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Parental Guidance
MEANRANK
49/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #5394
- IMDb #4623
- Rotten Tomatoes #4366
- Metacritic #4762
- Letterboxd #4277
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5186
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3441
- Metacritic Critics #4507
- Metacritic Audience #4778
- Kinopoisk #4107
- AlloCiné #5104
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 18, highest is Kinopoisk on 64. Critics average 27, everyone else 56.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Old-school grandparents are tasked with looking after their three grandchildren for a week while the children's type-A parents are away. The grandparents' traditional, relaxed parenting methods immediately clash with the modern, rules-based approach of the parents. The visit becomes a culture shock for both generations, as the grandparents try to connect with their somewhat estranged grandchildren through fun and games, while navigating dietary restrictions, technology, and childhood anxieties. The experience forces everyone to reconsider their ideas about family and the meaning of guidance.
Details
- Director
- Andy Fickman
- Writers
- Joe Syracuse, Lisa Addario
- Released
- 25 December 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $119.8M
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