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Leave It to Beaver

Play trailer Poster for Leave It to Beaver PG,  1997,  1h 28m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 22% 27 Reviews Tomatometer 32% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
22% Tomatometer 27 Reviews 32% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
An all-American boy (Cameron Finley) grows up in suburban Ohio under the tutelage of loving parents (Christopher McDonald, Janine Turner) and an older brother.
Leave It to Beaver

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Critics Consensus

Declining to update the television series' sensibility for modern audiences while lacking in its requisite charm, Leave it to Beaver should have just left these characters in the past.

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Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader May 19, 2008
[The] dead-on imitations of some of the characters from the television series created by Bob Mosher and Joe Connelly will seem pointlessly stylized to viewers unfamiliar with the old sitcom. Go to Full Review
Joe Leydon Variety May 19, 2008
Fuzzily conceived and blandly executed. Go to Full Review
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail Apr 12, 2002
2/4
The Cleavers have come to represent the stereotype of the white-bread family.This reverent '90s remake doesn't do much to challenge it. Go to Full Review
Brian Costello Common Sense Media Feb 6, 2013
3/5
Modernized take on '50s TV show, with some bullying. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Nov 1, 2008
1/5
Unnecessary film take on the classic TV series. Leave it. Go to Full Review
Maitland McDonagh TV Guide May 19, 2008
1/4
All but the most easily pleased kids will be bored as can be, and anyone who has fond memories of TV's Leave It to Beaver would probably rather not besmirch them. Go to Full Review
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Rey S Jun 18, 2018 A modernized take on the classic TV show, 'Leave it to Beaver' is a painfully dull family film that leaves the Cleaver family completely forgettable. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Andy Cadiff

Director

Christopher McDonald

Ward Cleaver

Janine Turner

June Cleaver

Cameron Finley

Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver

Erik von Detten

Wallace "Wally" Cleaver

Adam Zolotin

Edward "Eddie" Haskell Jr.

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Movie Info

Synopsis An all-American boy (Cameron Finley) grows up in suburban Ohio under the tutelage of loving parents (Christopher McDonald, Janine Turner) and an older brother.
Director
Andy Cadiff
Producer
Robert Simonds
Screenwriter
Bob Mosher, Joe Connelly, Brian Levant, Lon Diamond
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Robert Simonds Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 22, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.7M
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo, DTS
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