Amy Sakasitz, Bill Erwin, Billie Bird

Live-action film version of the comic strip, created in the early 1950s, about a young boy and his unusual view of the world.

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PG, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Nick Castle

Release Date: June 25, 1993

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DVD Release Date: January 28, 2003

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  • September 25, 2009
    Walter Matthau was well cast, I loved the cartoon but this was awful! Destroy that child!
  • August 8, 2009
    I saw this film when it first came out I was 7 years old and I loved it then and still do so I'm pleased to have finally bought it on DVD. Just watch it!!! I found it funny throughout and the end of the film where the villain (played beautifully) suffered at the unknowing hands ...( read more)of Dennis is a joy to watch. Just watch it!!!.
  • March 30, 2009
    nice steak and paint scene
  • November 5, 2008
    Not as good as the cartoon I used to watch when I was a kid.
  • May 24, 2008
    I think I was about 12 or 13 the last time I saw this. I doubt I'd enjoy it as much now as I did then.
  • November 20, 2009
    A priceless movie, full of great moments. It's one of the few kid themed movies that can still be enjoyed by adults as well. Christopher Lloyd made for a perfectly creepy bum/kidnapper with nothing to lose. It has decent child performances and is a great story of man vs. child.
  • November 13, 2009
    Best Dennis the Menace movie ever. I still get creeped out by the bad guy music and laugh at the cross eyed kid.
  • October 25, 2009
    A wonderful family movie with great actors on the cast list. This movie was created from a classic comic strip with the same title. This story is about a little boy with an unusual view on the world and his ways may disturb the adults in many ways because he always makes trouble ...( read more)wherever he is. He especially annoys the elderly neighbour Mr. Wislon who just wants peace and quiet in his day. And of course there is a bad guy in this movie played by the funny Christopher Lloyd.
  • October 22, 2009
    I used to watch this movie ALL the time. It is so cute and I love it SO much. The acting of Mason Gamble was adorable.
  • October 22, 2009
    The child is amazing!!!

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Those good qualities are undermined, unfortunately, by the Switchblade Sam character, who is dirty, threatening and scary. full review

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  • rayman0071
    April 21, 2007
    If it weren't for the comedical genius of Walter Matthau this film would have been a disaster from the start. The proof is in the pudding with the horrific results based on the characters of Hank Ketchum's classic comic strip.

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