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Directed by | Andy Fickman |
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Cinematography | Dean Semler |
Edited by | Kent Beyda |
Music by | Marc Shaiman |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 105 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million[2] |
Box office | $119.8 million[2] |
Parental Guidance is a 2012 American family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman, from a screenplay written by Lisa Addario, and Joe Syracuse. It stars Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, and Tom Everett Scott, and follows a couple who are asked to look after their grandchildren by their skeptical daughter, while she and her husband are out of town.[3][4][5]
This was the final 20th Century Fox film to be financed by Dune Entertainment as part of a deal with the studio; shortly after, the company merged with RatPac Entertainment and struck a financing deal with Warner Bros. It was theatrically released on December 25, 2012, to negative reviews from critics but was a commercial success, grossing $119.8 million from a $25 million budget.