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When his parents have to go out of town, mischievous Dennis Mitchell makes the life of neighbor George Wilson miserable with his overactive energy and inadvertent troublemaking. But in fact, Dennis is just trying to be helpful, even to the thief who's arrived in town.
But it's all far too flabby, with lengthy setups that seem to go on forever. Some judicious editing to tighten up the film could have made all the difference in the overall pacing.
Very young children may find the numskull, by-the-numbers gags here amusing, but teens will consider this kids' stuff and adults will be pained.
July 22, 2008
eFilmCritic.com
How to turn an innocuous comic strip into an obnoxious movie.
July 25, 2002
ReelViews
Most children will get a kick out of it, although adults roped into accompanying their offspring may find themselves yearning to escape through the nearest exit.
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Castle try hard to re-create a kind of timeless, idealized comic-strip atmosphere, but except for the performances of Lea Thompson and Robert Stanton... nobody in the movie seems in touch with the nature of the comedy.
May 20, 2003
Chicago Sun-Times
Those good qualities are undermined, unfortunately, by the Switchblade Sam character, who is dirty, threatening and scary.