Dennis the Menace (1987 TV Movie) User Reviews

STAY AWAY!!!!

[Pat-88 · 6 August 1999]

You're better off with the 1993's Dennis the Menace. This one was so bad, it make Dennis the Menace: Strikes Back and the 1993 version look like American movie classics. PLEASE AVOID THIS MOVIE AT ALL COSTS!!!! There's much better movies out there than this stupid pile of bones.

I give it No Stars

change the name and character

[jsn_reece · 2/10 · 20 April 2007]

i seen this poor done comic film.but it would been better if they used a family that wasn't based on nothing.the movie starts as Denise finds a dinosaur bone in his back yard,and a fake

who claims to be a dinosaur hunter comes to stay with the family.and he is real annoying too.the film did not deliver much laughs.the only two funny things in the movie was when Denise tries to sneak that fudge candy to his room and the scene where Mr Wilson's washer overflowed.it would be a better film if it involved a different character.the 93 version was a real one.this one wasn't a Denise the menace at all. and i saw this one 2 or 3 times a month when it was on HBO.

Great Movie! My children's and my favorite version!

[lienjolene · 10/10 · 12 July 2000]

I taped this movie when it first aired on television. My children made me watch it every week for almost a year!! The taping quality was very bad so I was EXTREMELY happy to see it is out on video. I think this version of Dennis the Menace is the best I have ever seen. I wish I could see it on "the big screen!"

Underrated movie

[jason69535554 · 9/10 · 9 January 2008]

This movie is very underrated. First off if you're a 80s child like me this movie will take you back. Second, this movie has a lot of great intangibles. The plot is a lot cooler than one would think (a Dinosaur bone found in the front of Dennis's house).Who wouldn't want a bone found in their front yard and have all that attention. The interactions between the cast (Dennis and Mr. Wilson, Dennis and his parents) is so realistic and heart warming. This movie is better than the other Dennis the Menace movies. Plus a young Jarrett Lennon, and future X File actor James Jansen can be found here.Everyone should watch this movie!! But if you don't than watch the next Dennis the Menace movie.

Delightful Romp With Dennis and Friends

[jlthornb51 · 9/10 · 12 June 2015]

Victor DiMattia is wonderful as that little lovable moppet Dennis from funny paper fame. As Dennis is brought to life, the laughs come fast and furiously in this utterly delightful comedy romp. The neighborhood is in an uproar when the tyke finds a dinosaur bone in the yard and a notorious paleontologist is dispatched to investigate. During the resulting did in the tiny dynamo's front garden, all mayhem breaks out and chaos reigns supreme. A stellar cast is uproarious and the direction couldn't be more sharp. Especially observant satire on neighborhood politics and feuds. For anyone who loves kids, dinosaurs, and life.

O.k. for adults, Great for kids.

[nick-65 · 10/10 · 2 August 1998]

This is a good enough T.V. movie. But it might be a little to unrealistic for adults. Kids on the other hand are likely to like it.

Real life version of the cartoon

[orlando_bird_green · 10/10 · 16 March 2006]

Sometihing tells me that this film was a live action version of the cartoon because DIC Enterprises(the company that produced the cartoon)produced this film also and the film title in the opening credits was identical to the one in the cartoon. Wouldn't you agree? I wonder if they have this film on DVD or if they even had it in VHS circulation. I used to watch syndicated reruns on the Disney channel 15 years ago and it was played on Encore WAM! 2 years ago. I t was pretty weird that they were considering turning Dennis' neighborhood into a dinosaur amusement park after he found that dinosaur bone. There were some parts where Dennis was a little rebellious to his parents.

MOSTLY Cute, But.........

[Krinda · 19 November 2000]

Okay, whenever the children are on screen, the watching children are totally absorbed. But when it's adults mostly, well, the children start to drift, doze off, play with laid out toys, etc. This movie needed lots more of the children ONLY, and the scenes with the adults had to be much, much shorter. But the kids were very good, and I particularly enjoyed the goodbye scene between Dennis (Victor DiMattia) and Joey (Jarrett Lennon) -- it was REAL!!!