I saw this movie just yesterday on the Encore family channel and I thought it was kind of funny. Not the best movie I've ever seen certainly, but not the absolute worst as everyone seems to be saying.
So it turns out that in the end it's all a dream, so what? You really felt cheated by this revelation? You couldn't figure it out for yourself? I knew what it was all along.
I was a little disappointed that every set of parents didn't include a big musical number like the ones from Texas; I think Mr. Reiner set us up on that one and then let us all down.
I have to admit I fell asleep at one point and missed the Amish parents, but I wasn't offended by any stereotypes when it came to the other parents.
Okay, so the Hawaiian Tropic thing was a little tasteless and I don't care much for hearing cusswords come out of the mouths of children, but other than that I thought there were some very funny bits here and there and enjoyed seeing some actors who do mostly serious grown-up parts do a bit of light comedy and family-oriented entertainment.
When you get right down to it, the storyline of this film was really no different than The Wizard of Oz, where a child goes looking for something better than what s/he has, only to find s/he had the best there was all along, right in his/her own home.
The rest of you need to lighten up. Save your hated for "The Bluebird".
So it turns out that in the end it's all a dream, so what? You really felt cheated by this revelation? You couldn't figure it out for yourself? I knew what it was all along.
I was a little disappointed that every set of parents didn't include a big musical number like the ones from Texas; I think Mr. Reiner set us up on that one and then let us all down.
I have to admit I fell asleep at one point and missed the Amish parents, but I wasn't offended by any stereotypes when it came to the other parents.
Okay, so the Hawaiian Tropic thing was a little tasteless and I don't care much for hearing cusswords come out of the mouths of children, but other than that I thought there were some very funny bits here and there and enjoyed seeing some actors who do mostly serious grown-up parts do a bit of light comedy and family-oriented entertainment.
When you get right down to it, the storyline of this film was really no different than The Wizard of Oz, where a child goes looking for something better than what s/he has, only to find s/he had the best there was all along, right in his/her own home.
The rest of you need to lighten up. Save your hated for "The Bluebird".