North
A family comedy that appeals to the child in everyone.
A family comedy that appeals to the child in everyone.
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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1994
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Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
PG
Runtime:
87 min
Release date:
22 Jul 1994
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$40,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 9 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The amalgams of TV stereotypes that satirize foreign and regional cultures are embarrassing.
– Michael Sragow,
New Yorker,
9 Jul 2013
rotten:
It's a prime example of what can happen when hip, slightly cynical establishment filmmakers try to make a deeply sentimental movie.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jun 2013
rotten:
How could director Rob Reiner, whose touch for what pleases a mass audience is usually unfailing, have strayed this far?
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jun 2013
rotten:
The intrinsic failure of Alan Zweibel and Andrew Scheinman's script is that it tips its hand from the start.
– Leonard Klady,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Reiner is undecided just how fantastically he should treat this ludicrous plotline. Added to which there's a dire musical number, a silly thriller subplot, and much maudlin didacticism from narrator Willis in various guardian angel (dis)guises. Misery.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006