Getting Even with Dad (1994)

"...He's not getting mad, he's Getting Even With Dad."
Professional thief Ray Gleason (Ted Danson) and his gang are about to go after the final big one, to settle the score and live like kings.
However, their perfect set up plan and friendship is soon to be tested when Ray's long estranged son Timmy (Macauley Culkin) suddenly shows up one day at his doorstep, expecting a little quality father and son time and to be able of finally catching things up.

Another childhood favorite of mine, one which I watched countless times on VHS and was very glad had actually survived the nostalgic test when seeing it again for the first time in many years later and I still enjoyed it almost as much as I did then.
By no means a fantastic movie, but it is still a very enjoyable and entertaining family comedy in which I think stood out as the better one of Macauley's three releases in 1994. The two others where The Pagemaster and Richie Rich, which I thought were rather mediocre at best, but somehow I just enjoyed Getting Even with Dad more.

I guess it is just one of those hate it or love it kind of films, as I was to be honest very surprised at all the "hate" and negative stuff which people and critics said about the film afterwards and I surely do not think it is even close of being that bad but by then I guess many was at the time getting a little "fed up" off seeing all the Home Alone clones and children actors trying to be sold as the new Macauley Culkin and so on, and then you had the real deal who starred in everything from TV shows, commercials, music videos, movies and by 94 it might have been seen upon as time for a break, which did happen as I do not think Culkin starred in another movie in almost a decade or so. 
Anyway, I really like the film and thought the cast in it was pretty good as well. 
I have never had anything against Ted Danson and I liked his role as Ray Gleason and while his gang might be a little too comedic at times, but Saul Rubinek and Gailard Sartain brought out some memorable parts too and then you have the beautiful Glenne Headly whom I had a crush on when first seeing the film, and then later on it all returned back to me with her sweet and quirky role in the Tarantino inspired comedy-crime thriller 2 Days in the Valley (1996).
Also Hectro Elizondo shows up while Kathleen Wilhoite (the memorable sidekick to Charles Bronson in Murphy's Law - 1986) plays a small part as Kitty Gleason, Timmy's mum.

All in all, for me it have the feel-good factor which makes it alright in my book.