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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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| producer = [[Katie Jacobs]]
| writer = Tom S. Parker<br />[[Jim Jennewein]]
| starring
* [[Macaulay Culkin]]
* [[Ted Danson]]
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* [[Gailard Sartain]]
* [[Hector Elizondo]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Tim Suhrstedt]]
| music = [[Miles Goodman]]
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| runtime = 104 minutes
| language = English
| budget = $30 million{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
| gross = $53.8 million
}}
'''''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=
==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
* [[Sam McMurray]] as Detective Alex Serransky
* [[Kathleen Wilhoite]] as Kitty Gleason, Ray's sister and Timmy's paternal aunt
* [[Sydney Walker]] as Mr. Wankmueller
* [[
* [[
* [[Dann Florek]] as Wayne, Kitty's husband and Timmy's paternal uncle
* [[Scott Beach]] as Wino
==Production==
[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] bought the film as a spec script in a bidding war with [[Hollywood Pictures]], [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]], [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]], and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] with MGM acquiring the script for $500,000.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ayscough |first=Suzan |title=MGM 'Geting Even' for 500G |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/mgm-geting-even-for-500g-102905/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 12, 1993 |access-date=June 30, 2021 }}</ref>
Macaulay Culkin's character was supposed to have a short haircut in this movie, but Culkin, who had let his hair grow at the time, liked his looks and did not want to cut it. His father, [[Kit Culkin]], demanded his son be allowed to keep his hair the way it was, pointing out that his character was a working-class boy and not a clean-cut, prep school one. He got to keep his long hair.<ref name="articles.mcall" />
===Locations===
The theme park featured in the movie was [[Paramount's Great America]] located in [[Santa Clara, California]]. Ray's apartment in the movie is located at the corner of Jackson and Mason St. in Chinatown, [[San Francisco]]. The church featured in the movie is [[Saints Peter and Paul Church, San Francisco|Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church]] on 666 [[Filbert Street (San Francisco)|Filbert Street]] in San Francisco. The miniature golf course was filmed at Scandia Family Fun Center located in Rohnert Park, California. The ice rink was located in [[Berkeley, California]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://
==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=[[Flixster]]|access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|31|26}}<ref>{{Citation|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>▼
[[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|last=Howe|first=Desson|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|date=June 17, 1994}}</ref>▼
===Critical response===
▲The film grossed $18.8 million in the United States and Canada and $35 million worldwide.<ref>{{Mojo title|gettingevenwithdad|Getting Even with Dad}}</ref><ref name=ww/>
▲{{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=[[
▲[[Desson Howe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]''
==
* Dishonorable mention – 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) – 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|
{{Howard Deutch}}
[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:1994 children's films]]
[[Category:1994 comedy films]]
[[Category:American comedy films]]
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