Dennis the Menace Movie Review 1993

Straight from the Hughes kiddie farm comes Kevin McAllister--oops!--Dennis Mitchell (newcomer Gamble), curious, crafty, and blond five-year-old. He dreams and schemes, but everything he does manages to be a threat to the physical and mental well being of hot-head neighbor Mr. Wilson (Matthau, perfectly cast as the grump). Lloyd is very nasty as protagonist Switchblade Sam; Plowright, Thompson, and Stanton round out the cast as Mrs. Wilson and the Mitchell parents, respectively. Sure to please young kids, but parents may be less enthralled with this adaptation of the popular '50s comic strip and subsequent TV series.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from a Cartoon, Adapted from Comics, Strained Suburbia, Adapted from Television, Childhood Visions, Family Comedy

Screenplay

John Hughes

Cast

Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Robert Stanton, Billie Bird, Paul Winfield, Amy Sakasitz, Kellen Hathaway, Arnold Stang

Cinematography

Thomas Ackerman

Director

Nick Castle

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Producer

John Hughes, Dick Vane, Ernest Chambers, Hughes Entertainment, Warner Bros., Warner Bros.