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Getting Even with Dad (1994)

Getting Even with Dad poster
Directed by
Howard Deutch
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 219 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy who wants to spend time with his estranged father schemes to get his dad to take him on a trip. The son ends up helping his dad pull off a heist.

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What happens

Getting Even with Dad is a 1994 American comedy film starring Macaulay Culkin and Ted Danson. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on June 17, 1994 and received negative reviews from critics, but was commercially successful, grossing $53.8 million on a budget of $30 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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