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Dennis the Menace
Dennis Mitchell is a child of excessive energy and causes great annoyance to his neighbors. When his parents go out to the city to work, Dennis may be left alone at home. His parents need a babysitter who takes care of Denis but can not find her. So his parents will ask their neighbors George and his wife, Martha, to look after Dennis, who will be a nuisance to George because of his excessive energy. A new adventure will be passed by Dennis when the thief comes to steal the Golden George, where Dennis will be taken hostage and George must save Dennis the kidnapped and perhaps Dennis will perform strong tasks.
2 December 1914, Honey Grove, Texas, USA
8 March 1963, San Antonio, Texas, USA
22 October 1938, Stamford, Connecticut, USA
28 September 1918, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
11 January 1977, New York City, New York, USA
1958, New York City, New York, USA
22 May 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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.
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.
March 04, 2003
Why, oh dear lord, why?!?
August 11, 2003
Someone ought to pay for this.
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.
July 25, 2002
How to turn an innocuous comic strip into an obnoxious movie.
January 26, 2006
A smooth blend of sentiment and slapstick.
January 01, 2000
Those good qualities are undermined, unfortunately, by the Switchblade Sam character, who is dirty, threatening and scary.
July 07, 2010
Its unholy mixture of peppy sadism and pious, self-righteous sentiment comes straight from Hughes' crabbed cinematic heart.
April 26, 2007
John Hughes' vision of Dennis is much more menacing than Ketcham's fans and parents of small children might reasonably expect.