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By Chris Packham (159) for Village Voice (8,525) on 27 Dec 2012

An extended in my day joke intended to convey the superiority of old people over a lot of supposedly contemporary behavior that doesn't actually…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 27 Dec 2012

Billy Crystal and Bette Midler play dysfunctional grandparents. Ouch, and twice ouch…

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By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 26 Dec 2012

Perhaps anticipating an older audience, most of the lessons are one-sided, with the old-timers seemingly harming the children while actually…

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By Mary Pols (197) for Time (1,811) on 26 Dec 2012

I can't deny I did feel fonder of my own family afterward, mostly because I know none of them would ever make me sit through Parental Guidance…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 26 Dec 2012

Parental Guidance is the abysmal grandpa/grandkids bonding comedy he's (Crystal) been destined to make since he first started creating new…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 26 Dec 2012

Billy Crystal and Bette Midler team up as goofball grandparents in a cheesy, by-the-numbers slice of computer-written family comedy designed…

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By Mathew Dekinder (396) for Suburban Journals of St. Louis (395) on 26 Dec 2012

However, most of the conflicts aren't really ever fleshed out, and the movie dedicates just as much energy to Crystal getting hit in the groin…

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By Jimmyo (378) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 26 Dec 2012

this flick is so desperate to be hip that it ultimately feels as relevant as Mr. Belvedere…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 26 Dec 2012

The Baby Boomer teaming no one was asking for—Billy Crystal and Bette Midler—melded to that most moribund of genres, rugrats comedy…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 26 Dec 2012

It's not much fun to watch the perennial Oscar host take a baseball bat to the groin or vomit on a child, let alone in the same scene…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 26 Dec 2012

Billy Crystal delivers nostalgic, heartwarming fun for young children, parents and grandparents…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 26 Dec 2012

In the occasionally funny but mostly facile '80s-style culture-clash comedy Parental Guidance, Billy Crystal, who now resembles a very cute…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 26 Dec 2012

I can't deny I did feel fonder of my own family afterward, mostly because I know none of them would ever make me sit through Parental Guidance…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 26 Dec 2012

Surprisingly enjoyable family comedy, enlivened by likeable comic performances and a handful of decent gags…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 25 Dec 2012

A sloppy concretion inadvertently showcasing pretty much everything that can be done wrong in filmmaking short of forgetting to remove the…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for Time Out Chicago (129) on 25 Dec 2012

It's hard to say what's worse: the sneering disdain for modern child-rearing tactics or the hacky generation-clash humor…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 25 Dec 2012

It's hard to know who exactly Parental Guidance was made for…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 25 Dec 2012

Crystal and Midler are such confident pros that their crack timing elevates even substandard material…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 25 Dec 2012

Parental Guidance feels like it's been thoughtlessly written in a boardroom strictly as a vehicle for Crystal to perform the same past-due…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 25 Dec 2012

It could be worse, and would be without Bette Midler or Marisa Tomei…

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