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| runtime = 104 minutes

| language = English

| budget = $30 million{{Citation needed}}

| 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= http://articles.mcall.com/1994-06-18/news/2971838_1_ted-danson-star-since-shirley-temple-cheers-episodes |access-date=2010-12-31}}</ref>

==Plot ==

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==Reception==

{{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=[[FlixsterFandango Media]] |access-date=November 17, 2021 }}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|31|26}}<ref>{{CitationCite 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>

[[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 :: 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}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</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|date=June 17, 1994}}</ref>

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/>

== 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>