Taglines: Here come the grandparents. There go the rules.
Artie Decker (Billy Crystal), a sports commentator for the minor-league Fresno Grizzlies, is fired due to his old school talk and lack of social media. He and his eager-to-please wife, Diane (Bette Midler), agree to babysit their three grandchildren, Harper, Turner, and Barker in Atlanta when their daughter, Alice (Marisa Tomei), 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 Carl, they try to make them their new best friends.
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. The film was released on December 25, 2012, in the United States and Canada and on December 26, 2012, in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Its international release spans from December 19, 2012, to July 11, 2013, with the first 2013 release on January 3, 2013, in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Singapore. It was the last Dune Entertainment film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Parental Guidance (2012)
Directed by: Andy Fickman
Starring: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Joshua Rush, Kyle Breitkopf, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Rhoda Griffis
Screenplay by: Lisa Addario, Joe Syracuse
Production Design by: David J. Bomba
Cinematography by: Dean Semler
Film Editing by: Kent Beyda
Costume Design by: Genevieve Tyrrell
Set Decoration by: Patrick Cassidy
Art Direction by: John R. Jensen
Music by: Marc Shaiman
MPAA Rating: PG for some rude humor.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: December 25, 2012
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