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By Tomas Hachard (101) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 24 Dec 2012

Andy Fickman's comedy offers a confused and flat portrayal of generational differences…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for ScreenCrush (954) on 24 Dec 2012

Parental Guidance' is a cinematic hemorrhoid throbbing on the screen, its only purpose in life to cause pain and discomfort…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 24 Dec 2012

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…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 24 Dec 2012

Parental Guidance should be rated X - suitable for no one…

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By Bruce Kirkland (531) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 24 Dec 2012

Unfortunately, Andy Fickman's fussy family saga fails the funny test, despite a few random highlights…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 24 Dec 2012

Billy Crystal and Bette Midler hustle to peddle the threadbare material that makes Andy Fickman's comedy a perfectly tolerable, if uninspired,…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 24 Dec 2012

I suspect Parental Guidance would have seemed funnier if it had come out 25 years ago…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 23 Dec 2012

Apparently there comes a point in every comic's life when, after living on the edge for so long, they reach for the pipe and slippers and start…

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By Scott Bowles (160) for USA Today (4,117) on 23 Dec 2012

The movie spends too much time wedging the couple into a May-December moment, where Crystal cracks nostalgic about the good old days…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for Variety (12,700) on 23 Dec 2012

The execution, alas, prevents this from being a genuine crowdpleaser, with the better moments (mostly of the schmaltzy variety) more than offset…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 Dec 2012

A broad, predictable, feel-good tale about family that duly hits every emotional beat right on schedule…

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By Corey Hall (192) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 21 Dec 2012

Crystal puts on his game face, and tries to muscle his way past the lousy material, but there's only so much even a natural funnyman can do…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Dec 2012

The latest in a long run of 2012 films to confront the indignities of ageing, this one is arguably, if not intentionally, the most harrowing…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 21 Dec 2012

A wincingly unfunny family comedy that puts Crystal's overbearing shtick front and center…

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By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 20 Dec 2012

It is with deep regret that the last film I review for 2012 be Andy Fickman's Parental Guidance, wherein Billy Crystal is struck in the testicles…

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By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 20 Dec 2012

It's not quite funny enough and I could have done without the lavatory humour, but it's so warm and fuzzy that it's hard to dislike…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 16 Dec 2012

Billy Crystal and Bette Midler playing grandpa and grandma is in itself a funny picture, although only as a comic sketch…

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