Getting Even with Dad (1994)

Director:

Howard Deutch

Writers (WGA):

Tom S. Parker (written by) &
Jim Jennewein (written by)

Release Date:

17 June 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Family

Tagline:

Timmy's not getting mad he's... Getting Even With Dad.

Plot:

Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery...

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Bag | Boy | Coin | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Macaulay Culkin	...	Timmy Gleason
Ted Danson	...	Raymond 'Ray' Gleason
Glenne Headly	...	Detective Theresa Walsh
Saul Rubinek	...	Robert 'Bobby' Drace
Gailard Sartain	...	Carl
Sam McMurray	...	Alex
Hector Elizondo	...	Lt. Romayko
Sydney Walker	...	Mr. Wankmueller
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Kitty
Dann Florek	...	Wayne
Ron Canada	...	Zinn
Ralph Peduto	...	Chapman
Bert Kinyon	...	Guard
Melvin Thompson	...	Guard
Danny Hunter	...	Armored Car Driver

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:All | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:10 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Candlestick Park - 602 Jamestown Avenue, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Saul Rubinek was really hit in the nose with a bat during the scene where he falls down the stairs at the stadium. Since Rubinek was caught off guard, his reaction gave the scene a more realistic look. The director, not thinking twice, decided to leave it in the final cut.

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount of ice cream in the dish in the Baskin-Robbins scene.

Quotes:

Ray Gleason: So, you dating yet?
Timmy: I'm eleven.
Ray Gleason: Yeah, I guess you should give it some time. I myself didn't start dating until I was eleven and a half.

Movie Connections:

References The French Connection (1971)

Stupid comedy!

"Getting Even With Dad" it is an unbearable comedy, and worse, doubts of spectator's intelligence, even being a film for the infantile public, but neither because of this the woof needs to be such idiot and foolish as it is, a ridiculous script, which does not manage to argue of series way the relation between father and son, falling into the caricature of a criminal, helped still by the very bad performance of Teddy Danson, probably one of the worse of the actor, besides Macaulay Caulkin, who after of this film passed a long time vanished of the movies, the great charisma actor, conquered mostly for "Home Alone", who here is very bad, not managing to captivate and to please the public, is lamentable same, anyway very very deserved the indication as worse actor in Razzie Awards. "Getting Even With Dad" it is an unbearable film, donkey and boring, a great garbage, which was a great failure, for not getting, in no moment, have a good time and to entertain the public, a pitiable filth.