'Parental Guidance': Even Bette Midler and Billy Crystal can't correct so-so script ★★

Billy Crystal and Bette Midler do all they can (which is a lot) to entertain us in "Parental Guidance," but the movie keeps getting in the way. It's a routinely made comedy dominated by its screenplay's observations on how insane the typical insecure, overbearing helicopter parent has become these days.

Michael Phillips

December 27, 2012