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{{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]]'' 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>

[[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>

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