Comedy / Family
USA,
1993, 92 min
Directed by:
Nick CastleScreenplay:
John HughesCinematography:
Thomas E. AckermanComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Walter Matthau, Joan Plowright, Mason Gamble, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Robert Stanton, Amy Sakasitz, Paul Winfield, Natasha Lyonne, Arnold Stang (more)VOD (3)
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Live-action film version of the comic strip, created in the early 1950s, about a young boy and his unusual view of the world. (official distributor synopsis)
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A very successful "live-action animated comedy", in my opinion perhaps the only one that rode the wave of success Home Alone and managed to succeed. Dennis the Menace is the true embodiment of pure evil, but Wilson, played by Walter Matthau, faces him bravely, and you almost feel sorry for Switchblade Sam, played (once again) by the beautifully deranged Christopher Lloyd. And lest I forget, Jerry Goldsmith composed a great soundtrack for the film – it's from his non-experimental period, but it's excellent.
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