Parental Guidance fingerprintFunny, light on feelings.
Calm and low-key
Wholesome and hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and slapstick
Family and everyday modern life
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Parental Guidance is calm and low-intensity.
Wholesome and hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's wholesome and hopeful. Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and slapstick
Expect plenty of situational comedy and slapstick.
Family and everyday modern life
Its world is built around family and everyday modern life.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Parental Guidance is included with a subscription to Hulu in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on AD tv. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 42/100 (IMDb 6, Rotten Tomatoes 18%, and Metacritic 36). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States. Content advisories: strong language.
1 h 44 min
Parental Guidance runs 1 h 44 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Parental Guidance higher (56) than critics (27). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes. It cost about $25 million to make and earned $120 million worldwide, 4.8 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+75GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Parental Guidance in 89 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
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