Parental Guidance (movie)

A Baltimore-bound United Airlines flight was diverted and a local family removed from the plane after the parents complained about the content of an in-flight movie. The February incident resulted in the passengers being escorted off the flight by...

Veteran talents Billy Crystal and Bette Midler are teamed in this mildly amusing, family-friendly comedy that's very much about family ... several generations of one. The stars play grandparents enlisted to mind their daughter's (Marisa Tomei)...

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Billy Crystal and Bette Midler do all they can (which is a lot) to entertain us in "Parental Guidance," but the movie keeps getting in the way. It's a routinely made comedy dominated by its screenplay's observations on how insane the typical insecure,...

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After the coffee. Before the last-minute run to the mall! The skinny: If you're reading this it means you're like me and had to do some work today. Well, we will try to make this a quick read so you and I can sneak out early and enjoy the evening....

1/2* (out of four) Rather than fun for the whole family, "Parental Guidance" is more like a hole for the fun family--a shrill, depressing pit where laughs and joy do not exist. Played by squawking human parrot Billy Crystal, Artie can't even sit down...