4.3 Score

2012 • 1h 44min • PG • Comedy

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"Here come the grandparents. There go the rules."

Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.

IMDb 6.0

RT 18%

MC 36

Writers

Joe Syracuse

Lisa Addario

Composer

Marc Shaiman

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Billy Crystal

Artie Decker

Bette Midler

Diane Decker

Marisa Tomei

Alice Simmons

Tom Everett Scott

Phil Simmons

Bailee Madison

Harper Simmons

Joshua Rush

Turner Simmons

Kyle Breitkopf

Barker Simmons

Jennifer Crystal Foley

Cassandra

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