Dennis the Menace

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Patricia Bibby Associated Press 06/12/2018

What saves this movie from insipidness is an endearing performance by Walter Matthau as the cantankerous Mr. Wilson. Go to Full Review Ty Burr Entertainment Weekly 07/07/2010

D

Its unholy mixture of peppy sadism and pious, self-righteous sentiment comes straight from Hughes' crabbed cinematic heart. Go to Full Review Todd McCarthy Variety 07/22/2008

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. Go to Full Review Common Sense Media Editors Common Sense Media 08/14/2019

2/5

Comic strip-based comedy has peril, scary villain. Go to Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant 04/09/2018

A kid's picture that can delight crabby adults, too. Go to Full Review Quentin Curtis Independent on Sunday 12/07/2017

As Dennis, the charmless Mason is a Gamble that hasn't paid off. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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John K @WQCMI May 19 Walter Matthau and Christopher Lloyd are pretty good, but they can't save this movie. I'm from the UK and had no idea there was a US version of Dennis the Menace, it was just boring. See more Diandre R @RT53139537 May 15 This is one of the most underrated kids’ movies of all time. I’m turning 38 in a few months, and this movie still makes me laugh hard. First, we don’t talk enough about how good Mason Gamble was as Dennis Mitchell. He played that role perfectly. Walter Matthau and Christopher Lloyd’s physical comedy in this movie is also top-notch. I love this movie so much. See more Bingo J. @Bingo_Jeff Mar 23 Zach would hate this movie See more Samuel H. @Samuelhaubner Jan 24 Dennis might be able to capture a whole country. See more Shoten N @Shoten Jan 12 Don't know why it's rated so low. It's such a good movie. See more Joy B. @9mr_0 Jan 6 الفلم جيد للاطفال فقط . بس خلي انتقده. الاعتماد المفرط على الكوميديا الطفولية السطحية بدون قصة حقيقية. غياب التطور الدرامي للشخصيات الشخصيات الثانوية كانت كارتونية ومابيها اي عمق وحتى الشخصيات الرئيسية كان ادائها ضعيف . تكرار النكات والمواقف بشكل مزعج . الاخراج عرض القصة بطريقة سريعة و تصوير فوضوي مع موسيقى مزعجه. مثل ما قلت هو جيد للاطفال راح يستمتعون به . See more Read all reviews

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Cast & Crew

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Nick Castle

Director

Walter Matthau

Mr. George Wilson

Mason Gamble

Dennis Mitchell

Joan Plowright

Mrs. Martha Wilson

Christopher Lloyd

Switchblade Sam (Town Robber)

Lea Thompson

Mrs. Alice Mitchell

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Movie Info

Synopsis Mischievous Dennis Mitchell (Mason Gamble) makes the life of neighbor George Wilson (Walter Matthau) miserable with his overactive energy and inadvertent troublemaking. Because his parents must leave town for work and can't find a babysitter for Dennis, they ask George and his wife, Martha (Joan Plowright), to take care of him. But when burglar Switchblade Sam (Christopher Lloyd) breaks in to steal George's gold coin collection, he takes Dennis as a hostage, and crusty George must save the boy.

Director

Nick Castle

Producer

Ernest Chambers, John Hughes, Richard Vane

Screenwriter

Hank Ketcham, John Hughes

Distributor

Argentina Video Home, Warner Bros.

Production Co

Warner Brothers

Rating

PG

Genre

Kids & Family, Comedy

Original Language

English

Release Date (Theaters)

Jun 24, 1993, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)

Aug 25, 2008

Box Office (Gross USA)

$50.2M

Runtime

1h 36m

Sound Mix

Surround