Review{{RT aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] retrospectively collected reviews to give aprose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT of 3% based on reviews from 31 film critics, with a rating data|average}}|{{RT of 3.7 out of 10. The site's consensus reads: "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> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 31 out of 100 based on 26 reviews, indicating “generally unfavorable reviews.”<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>
[[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|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Getting Even With Dad :: Reviews|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940617/REVIEWS/406170302|publisher=[[The Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=February 8, 2013|date=June 17, 1994}}</ref>
