Dennis the Menace
He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer.
He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire ...
Comedy, Family
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1993
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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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Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
9 Jun 1993
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$35,000,000
Revenue:
$117,270,765
Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Its unholy mixture of peppy sadism and pious, self-righteous sentiment comes straight from Hughes' crabbed cinematic heart.
– Ty Burr,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jul 2010
rotten:
Very young children may find the numskull, by-the-numbers gags here amusing, but teens will consider this kids' stuff and adults will be pained.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
22 Jul 2008
rotten:
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Castle try hard to re-create a kind of timeless, idealized comic-strip atmosphere, but except for the performances of Lea Thompson and Robert Stanton... nobody in the movie seems in touch with the nature of the comedy.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
Those good qualities are undermined, unfortunately, by the Switchblade Sam character, who is dirty, threatening and scary.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Most children will get a kick out of it, although adults roped into accompanying their offspring may find themselves yearning to escape through the nearest exit.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000