Parental Guidance (film)
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| Directed by | Andy Fickman |
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Billy Crystal Peter Chernin Dylan Clark |
| Written by | Lisa Addario Joe Syracuse |
| Starring | Billy Crystal Bette Midler Marisa Tomei Tom Everett Scott Bailee Madison Kyle Harrison Breitkopf Joshua Rush |
| Music by | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | Kent Beyda |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $119.8 million |
Parental Guidance (previously titled Us & Them) is a 2012 American family-comedy film starring Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, and Tom Everett Scott and directed by Andy Fickman. It was released on December 25, 2012. It was the last Dune Entertainment film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox.
After Artie Decker, Sports Commentator for the minor-league Fresno Grizzlies is fired due to his old school talk and lack of social media, his eager-to-please wife, Diane, agrees to babysit their three grandchildren, Harper, Turner, and Barker in Atlanta when their daughter, Alice, and son-in-law, Phil, go away for an entrepreneur exhibition. Problems arise as their parenting skills collide with Alice and Phil's helicopter parenting. After learning of the children's various problems, such as Harper's high achievement syndrome, Turner's stutter, and Barker's imaginary friend, they try to make them their new best friends.
Alice eventually returns home when her boss gives her an assignment to redesign the website for the X Games. Artie uses this to his advantage, as he arranges an interview for the role of sports commentator. He manages to place Barker's life in danger as he nearly gets hurt by a skateboard ridden by Tony Hawk. Eventually, the tension comes to a head as Alice disagrees with Diane letting Harper attend a party the night before a recital and the death of Barker's imaginary friend. Alice eventually reconciles with Artie and Diane, and allows Harper to withdraw from the recital. Turner takes her place in it and resolves his stutter by reciting the commentary from the Shot Heard 'Round The World. Afterwards, Artie and Diane become a major part of their grandchildren's lives with Artie taking up a new job as a commentator for a Little League Baseball team along with Turner.
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