FeaturePG1993·96m·5.9

Dennis the Menace

He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer.

FamilyComedy

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.

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Cast

Walter Matthau

Mr. Wilson

Mason Gamble

Dennis Mitchell

Joan Plowright

Martha Wilson

Christopher Lloyd

Switchblade Sam

Lea Thompson

Alice Mitchell

Robert Stanton

Henry Mitchell

Amy Sakasitz

Margaret Wade

Kellen Hathaway

Joey

Paul Winfield

Chief of Police

Natasha Lyonne

Polly

Devin Ratray

Mickey

Hank Johnston

Gunther

Melinda Mullins

Andrea

Billie Bird

Edith Butterwell

Bill Erwin

Edward Little

Arnold Stang

Photographer

Ben Stein

Boss

Ethel Gerstein

Gaggle Lady #1

Rebecca Hogan

Gaggle Lady #2

Leona Toppel

Gaggle Lady #3

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$35.0M
Revenue
$117.3M
Age rating
PG
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Hughes Entertainment

Crew

Director

Nick Castle

Writers

Hank Ketcham, John Hughes

Thomas E. Ackerman

Director of Photography

Alan Heim

Editor

James D. Bissell

Production Design

Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

Bridget Kelly

Costume Design

Ann Roth

Costume Design

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Reviews

Kamurai

8/21/2020

4.0

Bad watch, unlikely to watch again, and can't recommend unless you're just dying to see a poor version of "Home Alone" in reverse. I've probably seen this before, but I can't remember it, and I used to read "Dennis the Menace" in the funny papers, can't say I was even that big a fan then. And maybe I'm too much of a grumpy old man myself at this point, but this little brat is borderline evil in his stupid behavior. The old man is a jerk too, but it is largely reactionary. I can't even remember the inevitable heart-warming resolution of the child lying to the old man at the end of the movie right before he does it again. It's like watching a serial killer documentary: this is a sociopathic character, and I'm glad we don't have modern day versions of this, at least not that I can see.

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