
The richest kid in the world, Richie Rich, has everything he wants, except companionship. While representing his father at a factory opening, he sees some kids playing baseball across the street. Richie wants to join in, but they don't want him around. When a plot to kill the Rich family is devised by Rich Industries' top executive, Laurence Van Dough, Richie must take over control of the company while searching for his lost parents with the help of some new friends.... (Full plot summary below)
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The richest kid in the world, Richie Rich, has everything he wants, except companionship. While representing his father at a factory opening, he sees some kids playing baseball across the street. Richie wants to join in, but they don't want him around. When a plot to kill the Rich family is devised by Rich Industries' top executive, Laurence Van Dough, Richie must take over control of the company while searching for his lost parents with the help of some new friends.
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| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackA solid bit of fun in the straight-arrow family entertainment genre, Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin, doesn't pretend to be much more than pleasant matinee fodder. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat's sort of wonderful is the way this movie takes that old formula and makes it fresh and new, with actors who give it wit and charm. |
| Kansas City StarShawn BowersIt was fun for what it was...which is not very much, but hey...kids will get a kick out of it for all the fun gadgets. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasRichie Rich presents an irresistible Macaulay Culkin in a wonderful part and bursts with the gadgetry that many adults thrill to as much as children do. At the same time, it never loses touch with its humanity, directed by Donald Petrie with humor and panache. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Culkin looks really bored. Maybe because "Richie Rich" is so damn boring. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarWhile the filmmakers haven't bothered to come up with a novel approach to very familiar material, the final product is a reasonably entertaining film that will interest children without putting their parents to sleep. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyThe mediocre screenplay (by Tom S. Parker and Jim Jennewein of The Flintstones) is a more sober version of Arthur, with elements from Our Gang, North by Northwest and TV's Gilligan's Island. The filmmakers seem to think of their movie as a fiduciary fable, but they're not quite sure about its moral. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezIf Richie Rich has the ingredients for a sweet-natured fantasy of ultimate childhood bounty, the movie, directed by Donald Petrie, lacks any sense of wonder. Its visual perspective is decidedly grown-up and demystified. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesBe careful about taking kids under 7 or 8 as it may scare them. |
| Deseret News, Salt Lake CityChris HicksAnyone out there who is still a Macaulay Culkin fan after this one is downright masochistic. |