
Everyone's favorite kid from the comics is back. When his parents have to go out of town, he stays with George (Walter Matthau) and Martha Wilson (Dame Joan Plowright). The little menace is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but Dennis Mitchell (Mason Gamble) is just trying to be helpful. Even to the thief who's arrived in town.... (Full plot summary below)
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Everyone's favorite kid from the comics is back. When his parents have to go out of town, he stays with George (Walter Matthau) and Martha Wilson (Dame Joan Plowright). The little menace is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but Dennis Mitchell (Mason Gamble) is just trying to be helpful. Even to the thief who's arrived in town.
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| Rolling StonePeter TraversNothing the Hughes brothers have done in their videos for Tone Loc, Tupac Shakur and others prepares you for the controlled intensity and maturity they bring to their stunning feature debut. |
| Film ThreatBrad LaidmanThe film is one chillingly authentic scene after another... In the end it's more of a war movie than "Saving Private Ryan" ever was. |
| Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzMay just be the best in its genre Entertainment and radical street preaching, all rolled into one. If it tells black kids not to try this at home, it also revels cinematically in blam-blam-you're-dead. This is what makes the movie maddening -- and what gives it strength. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonMenace II Society has a devastating impact. Few films possess the power to keep an audience sitting in stunned silence after the end credits begin rolling, but this is one of them. |
| VarietyLeonard KladyFierce, violent and searing in its observation, the film makes previous excursions seem like a stroll through the park. |
| Independent on SundayQuentin CurtisAs Dennis, the charmless Mason is a Gamble that hasn't paid off. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAs uncomfortable as it is to have your nose shoved in this nightmare, its unforgettable in its violent lyricism and the bloody power of its message. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkWith ”Dennis,” Hughes takes har-de-har brutality to new depths — it’s a movie that seems made specifically to blunt the sensibilities. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeA smooth blend of sentiment and slapstick. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldThere's a lot to like in "Dennis the Menace." But Switchblade Sam prevents me from recommending it. |