'Parental Guidance' Trailer: Billy Crystal and Bette Midler Finally Become the Grandparents It Makes Sense They'd Be
TSA invasiveness gags? Hits to the testicles? "Old people don't get technology" jokes? The supporting cast of a nearby, alternate universe's Meet the Fockers? All present in Parental Guidance, the new, heartfelt comedy that stars Billy Crystal and Bette Midler as married olds tasked with helping daughter Marisa Tomei out with her kids. They will get on each other's nerves! But they will also love and laugh and learn, so it's fine. See it this Christmas in IMAX 3D.
Here's the trailer. As Marisa Tomei helpfully explains too-far in, "Grandpa tells lots of jokes that you won't get. Just laugh."
Wait, does the shot of Billy at 2:07 disprove Karl Pilkington's longstanding theory regarding old men and Twix?
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