Leave It to Beaver

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Leave It to Beaver

PG

1997

1h 28m

Comedy

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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.

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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.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

May 19, 2008

Fuzzily conceived and blandly executed.

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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.

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Feb 6, 2013

3/5

Modernized take on '50s TV show, with some bullying.

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Nov 1, 2008

1/5

Unnecessary film take on the classic TV series. Leave it.

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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.

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER Sep 12, 2026

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. It fun for the entire family though.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Apr 8, 2026

The worldwide gross is $10,925,060.00.

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Debra C

@mjbauer24 Jan 26, 2026

This was the dumbest movie I have ever watched. Surprised I made it to the end.

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Jun 13, 2022

Bonitinho, mas apesar dos personagens infantis fofinhos, o filme não consegue cativar tanto quanto supunha, tornando se entediante do meio para o fim, que na verdade não venci, saiu da grade Netflix antes que eu pudesse me esforçar o suficiente para conclui-lo… Regular, quase fraco...

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Dec 27, 2021

The movie was not that bad, it's getting four stars due to the tribute by having some of the original characters appear in the movies.

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Sep 17, 2020

This movie is a insult to the 1960s version with no charm to it. No one needs a stupid modern day remake.

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Andy Cadiff

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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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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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