Dennis the Menace
When his parents have to go out of town, mischievous Dennis Mitchell makes the life of neighbor George Wilson miserable with his overactive energy and inadvertent troublemaking. But in fact, Dennis is just trying to be helpful, even to the thief who's arrived in town.
1985, Washington, New Jersey, USA
28 September 1918, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
22 May 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
October 22, 1950 in Pasco, Washington, USA
28 October 1929, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, UK
11 January 1977, New York City, New York, USA
31 May 1961, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
25 November 1944, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
16 January 1986, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 March 1963, San Antonio, Texas, USA
1958, New York City, New York, USA
April 26, 2007
John Hughes' vision of Dennis is much more menacing than Ketcham's fans and parents of small children might reasonably expect.
March 04, 2003
Why, oh dear lord, why?!?
January 26, 2006
A smooth blend of sentiment and slapstick.
January 01, 2000
But it's all far too flabby, with lengthy setups that seem to go on forever. Some judicious editing to tighten up the film could have made all the difference in the overall pacing.
January 01, 2000
Those good qualities are undermined, unfortunately, by the Switchblade Sam character, who is dirty, threatening and scary.
July 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.
January 01, 2000
Most children will get a kick out of it, although adults roped into accompanying their offspring may find themselves yearning to escape through the nearest exit.
May 20, 2003
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Castle try hard to re-create a kind of timeless, idealized comic-strip atmosphere, but except for the performances of Lea Thompson and Robert Stanton... nobody in the movie seems in touch with the nature of the comedy.
August 11, 2003
Someone ought to pay for this.
January 01, 2000
A movie that makes you leave the theatre with thoughts of having yourself, and your neighbors, spayed is not a good thing.
July 07, 2010
Its unholy mixture of peppy sadism and pious, self-righteous sentiment comes straight from Hughes' crabbed cinematic heart.
July 25, 2002
How to turn an innocuous comic strip into an obnoxious movie.
