REEL DEAL: Parental Guidance REVIEW

Family comedy has evolved through the years with the change of the family values and also the lifestyle that has changed so much and still continues to evolve. This is what PARENTAL GUIDANCE shows with its kind of family comedy.

The parents are out on a vacation and the grandparents are coming over to take care of their grandchildren for a week seems like an ordinary job and something not to worry about. But with different lifestyles and rules clash makes the week crazy and the kids are into a whirlwind of `suprizes but meaningful life experiences. With the children, parents and grandparents having generation gaps and conflicting views is something that made the family bonding a struggle.

Unlike other family-themed movies, Parental Guidance brings wholesome comedy with the things that make it interesting. The clash of personalities and the changes in the family lifestyle of Americans which made so much change in the succeding generations. The fun goes in and out of the house which gives its a total experience of fun and bonding. And we do recommend this to people who love to hang out as a family.

REEL DEAL: Parental Guidance - Marisa Tomei SPOTLIGHT

MARISA TOMEI’S 21ST CENTURY METHODS IN “PARENTAL GUIDANCE”

Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei stars alongside comedy legends Billy Crystal and Bette Midler in the heartwarming family comedy “Parental Guidance.”

Tomei plays Alice, daughter of Artie (Crystal) and Diane (Midler) who calls her parents for help to babysit their three children when she and husband Phil (Tom Everett Scott) had to go away for work.  Alice and Phil’s parenting methods are miles apart from her parents which is Alice’s significant concern.  Once left with the grandkids, unknown to the couple, Artie and Diane’s old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old fashioned games soon becomes a welcome part of their children’s daily lives.

REEL DEAL: Parental Guidance - SPOTLIGHT

STEPPING UP THE GRANDPARENTS’ GAME IN “PARENTAL GUIDANCE"

Comedy icons Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star in the family-centric comedy “Parental Guidance” together with Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush and Kylie Harrison Breitkopf directed by Andy Fickman.  

A comedic and emotionally rich depiction of the clashing parenting styles between the generations, “Parental Guidance’s” subject matter, characters and actors are relatable to all audiences.  Youngsters will enjoy the hijinks of the family’s trio of children; the film’s theme of being caught between your parents and kids will resonate with adults; and the movie is the first comedy in many years that shows grandparents as active, funny, involved and vital characters – and central to modern family life.   

REEL DEAL: Parental Guidance SPOTLIGHT

Old school meets new school parenting when comedy legends Billy Crystal and Bette Midler play Artie and Diane Decker, who are called in by their daughter Alice (Marisa Tomei) to help care for their three grandkids. When their parenting methods collide, the once-orderly household gets out of control.

From family filmmaker Andy Fickman (best known for “The Game Plan,” “You Again,” She’s the Man” and “Race To Witch Mountain”), “Parental Guidance” spins into a heartwarming chaos when Alice calls on her parents to help watch her kids when she needs to leave town for work.  When left with their grandkids, Artie and Diane employ unexpected tactics which means using some new parenting style to help teach their grandkids how to act and behave like kids.

Written by Billy Crystal, the movie is inspired from his own experience when their granddaughters stayed with them for five days when their kids went away.  “And on the sixth day, I rested.  I came to the office and I said, ‘Okay, here’s the movie: it’s old school/new school.  It’s trying to follow all the rules that my kids had about how to take care of the girls.  And it could really be a movie for everybody; a family movie that could be really funny, which it is, and very touching, and have lessons learned.  It took a long time to get this made, but here we are,” Crystal shares.