I have to say, this film looks like nails on a chalkboard to me. Parental Guidance is yet another one of those “the grandparents don’t get it” movies where the kids run wild and you get the obligatory crotch shots and “Grandpa doesn’t know who Tony Hawk is” and he uses phrases like “home slice”, which is to say this film may already be ten years behind its time.
Here’s the synopsis:
Old school grandfather Artie (Billy Crystal), who is accustomed to calling the shots, meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife Diane (Bette Midler) agree to babysit their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go away for work. But when 21st century problems collide with Artie and Diane’s old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, it’s learning to bend – and not holding your ground – that binds a family together.
Parental Guidance hits theaters on December 25. Check out the new trailer below… go ahead, I dare yah!
