This movie really surprised me by answering a few questions that I really didn't expect it to. Culkin's period in the spotlight has always held a moderate interest to me, never enough to actually do much digging but after Home Alone 1 & 2 it seemed like he was primed to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Honestly, I even recall enjoying Richie Rich as a kid and yet he seemingly feel off the map after that. Similar things could be said of Danson really. He hit it big as the central character of Cheers for years but aside from his role as Sam, he'd been pretty low profile up until his appearance in The Good Place which seems to be kicking off a resurgence for him. The man clearly has a lot of talent, great timing and a solid sense of comedy. So, two actors with a lot of potential and a unifying question for the both of them. What happened?
Getting Even With Dad answers that question, along with the question of what they would both look like with ridiculously long hair, and the answer isn't pretty. This is such a joyless, manufactured movie loaded with unsatisfying aspartame sweetness that never even once rings the slightest bit true. Both actors fall completely flat save for Danson's delivery which seems to always be solid and their hai, which is always bouncy and feathery. A con man gets conned into doing stuff with his son and I bet no one that's ever seen a movie will guess what happens. That's the core of it too. It's so aggressively mediocre that it veers off a cliff and starts crashing towards the badlands of moviedom and never manages to pull it back up.
No one should watch this. It's not as infuriatingly bad as some lower rated films but it is utter and complete nothingness and not in the good way. Steer clear and go watch The Good Place instead or even try out Mr Mayor or go back and watch the movies and TV that made us love these two once upon a time, but don't expose yourself to this utter nonsense.
Getting Even With Dad answers that question, along with the question of what they would both look like with ridiculously long hair, and the answer isn't pretty. This is such a joyless, manufactured movie loaded with unsatisfying aspartame sweetness that never even once rings the slightest bit true. Both actors fall completely flat save for Danson's delivery which seems to always be solid and their hai, which is always bouncy and feathery. A con man gets conned into doing stuff with his son and I bet no one that's ever seen a movie will guess what happens. That's the core of it too. It's so aggressively mediocre that it veers off a cliff and starts crashing towards the badlands of moviedom and never manages to pull it back up.
No one should watch this. It's not as infuriatingly bad as some lower rated films but it is utter and complete nothingness and not in the good way. Steer clear and go watch The Good Place instead or even try out Mr Mayor or go back and watch the movies and TV that made us love these two once upon a time, but don't expose yourself to this utter nonsense.