like everyone else my age and i read dennis the menace comic strip and comic book when i be a kid . he and his dog and neighbor all provide laugh . with a cast that include walter matthau and christopher lloyd and joan plowright and lea thompson and i be sure this would provide laughs for me now a an adult and as well . wrong . this be not funny and just one stupid gag after another . there be no real story line and most of the character be annoy and not humorous . no wonder this be another disappointing bomb at the box office . not everything be bad . matthau be mr. wilson true to form . he look and act like you figure he would out of the comic strip . dennis parent pretty much do the same and some of the stuff be fairly funny . but there be some big time disquiet aspect of this movie . dennis be not the innocent but mischievous kid of the comic and but a mean spirit and sadistic kid in here . do i really hear matthau utter gd three time without make it sound like it be blasphemous . oh and how clever these hollywood folk be in their clueless idea of family fare . speaking of that and what be the purpose of the sleazy character switchblade sam . in this age of child molestation and bad and this kind of character be funny . a guy hang around schoolyard make threat be funny . no and not really . once again clueless hollywood . what dennis do to him be not funny and either it over the line . you would be appal if your kid act like this . this be far cry from the intention of comic book writer . it be typical of the sick screen writer of today . if you think i be over reacting and check roger ebert review of this movie . i do not agree with him on many film but he be extremely offend by that character and too and and think it have no legitimate reason for be in this movie . good for him . this should be a g rat movie . it dennis the menace and for cryin out loud and so why the pg attitude .