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{{short description|1994 film by Howard Deutch}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Getting Even with Dad

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| language = English

| budget = $30 million{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

| gross = $53.8 million

| gross = $35 million<ref name="ww">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Worldwide rentals beat domestic take|date=February 13, 1995|page=28}}</ref>

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'''''Getting Even with Dad''''' is a 1994 American [[comedy film]] starring [[Macaulay Culkin]] and [[Ted Danson]].<ref name="articles.mcall">{{cite news|title= Ted Danson, Macaulay Culkin Work Together On An Even Keel |publisher= [[The Morning Call|Morning Call]] |url= httphttps://articleswww.mcall.com/1994-/06-/18/news/2971838_1_tedted-danson-starmacaulay-sinceculkin-shirleywork-templetogether-cheerson-episodesan-even-keel/ |access-date=2010-12-31}}</ref> It received negative reviews from critics, but was commercially successful, grossing $53.8 million on a budget of $30 million.

==Plot ==

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==Cast==

* [[Macaulay Culkin]] as Timmy Gleason, Ray's son

* [[Ted Danson]] as Ray Gleason, Timmy's widowed father

* [[Glenne Headly]] as Detective Theresa Walsh

* [[Saul Rubinek]] as Robert "Bobby" Drace

* [[Gailard Sartain]] as Carl

* [[Hector Elizondo]] as Lt. Romayko

* [[Sam McMurray]] as Detective Alex Serransky

* [[Kathleen Wilhoite]] as Kitty Gleason, Ray's sister and Timmy's paternal aunt

* [[Ron Canada]] as Zinn

* [[Sydney Walker]] as Mr. Wankmueller

* [[KathleenHector WilhoiteElizondo]] as Kitty GleasonLt. Romayko

* [[DannRon FlorekCanada]] as WayneZinn

* [[Dann Florek]] as Wayne, Kitty's husband and Timmy's paternal uncle

* [[Scott Beach]] as Wino

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==Reception==

===Box office===

{{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|Overly formulaic and tonally inconsistent, ''Getting Even with Dad'' tries for a sentimental conclusion it doesn't earn and winds up a slapsticky cash grab aimed at fans of ''Home Alone''.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/getting_even_with_dad/ |title=Getting Even with Dad |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=November 17, 2021 }}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|31|26}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Getting Even with Dad |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/getting-even-with-dad |access-date=2021-07-06 }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "B" on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

The''Getting filmEven with Dad'' grossed $18.8 million in the United States and Canada and $35 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $53.8 million.<ref name="mojo">{{Mojo title|gettingevenwithdad|Getting Even with Dad}}</ref><ref name="ww" />

===Critical response===

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film two out of four stars saying, "It wants to be a caper, a comedy, a romance, and a showcase for Macaulay Culkin. That's too much of a stretch."<ref>{{cite web |date=June 17, 1994 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Getting Even With Dad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/getting-even-with-dad-1994 |publisher=[[The Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=February 8, 2023 }}</ref>

{{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|Overly formulaic and tonally inconsistent, ''Getting Even with Dad'' tries for a sentimental conclusion it doesn't earn and winds up a slapsticky cash grab aimed at fans of ''Home Alone''.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/getting_even_with_dad/ |title=Getting Even with Dad |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=November 17, 2021 }}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|31|26}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Getting Even with Dad |website=[[Metacritic]] |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/getting-even-with-dad |access-date=2021-07-06 }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "B" on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

[[Desson Howe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' also gave the film a negative review explaining that "after plying the audience with formulaic predictability, ''Getting Even'' doesn't even have the decency to end quickly. Minutes away from sending the audience home, it chooses to fall asleep on the job."<ref>{{cite news |date=June 17, 1994 |last=Howe |first=Desson |author-link=Desson Howe |title=Getting Even With Dad|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/gettingevenwithdadpg13howe_a0b066.htm |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=February 8, 2013 }}</ref>

[[Desson Howe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' gave the film a negative review explaining that "after plying the audience with formulaic predictability, ''Getting Even'' doesn't even have the decency to end quickly. Minutes away from sending the audience home, it chooses to fall asleep on the job."<ref>{{cite news |date=June 17, 1994 |last=Howe |first=Desson |author-link=Desson Howe |title=Getting Even With Dad|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/gettingevenwithdadpg13howe_a0b066.htm |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=February 8, 2013 }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film a more mixed two out of four stars saying, "It wants to be a caper, a comedy, a romance, and a showcase for Macaulay Culkin. That's too much of a stretch."<ref>{{cite web |date=June 17, 1994 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Getting Even With Dad |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/getting-even-with-dad-1994 |publisher=[[The Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=February 8, 2023 }}</ref>

The film grossed $18.8 million in the United States and Canada and $35 million worldwide.<ref name="mojo">{{Mojo title|gettingevenwithdad|Getting Even with Dad}}</ref><ref name="ww" />

== Year-end lists ==

* Dishonorable mention&nbsp;– Glenn Lovell, ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Glenn|date=December 25, 1994 |title=The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- a Year Worth's of Movie Memories|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|page=3|edition=Morning Final}}</ref>

* Worst (not ranked)&nbsp;– Bob Ross, ''[[The Tampa Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Bob|date=December 30, 1994|title=Versed in the worst|newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/126948976|edition=Final}}</ref>

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==External links==

* {{IMDb title|id=0109891|title=Getting Even with Dad}}

{{Howard Deutch}}

[[Category:1994 films]]

[[Category:1994 children's films]]

[[Category:1994 comedy films]]

[[Category:American comedy films]]