Parental Guidance is a 2012 English-language Comedy Family film written by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse. The movie is directed by Andy Fickman and produced by Billy Crystal, Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark under the banner of Walden Media in collaboration with Chernin Entertainment, Face Productions and Dune Entertainment. Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods. Parental guidance stars Billy Crystal in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf and Joshua Rush. The music was composed by Marc Shaiman. Cinematography was done by Dean Semler and editing by Kent Beyda. The movie has a running time of 105 minutes. It was released on 3rd January 2012. The Film was successful at box office. Parental Guidance was made on a budget of $25 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $119 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by 20th Century Fox.