Renaissance Man PG-13

Renaissance Man
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 8 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 1, 2003
  • Originally Released: 1994
  • Label: Walt Disney Video

Performers, Cast and Crew:

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Entertainment Reviews:

Rotten12%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 25

Spilled52%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 30,513
In essence, a painfully earnest sit-com. Full Review
Time Out
Dec 3, 2018
It enjoys its share of wisecracks, and beyond that means to be a cry for literacy and learning. But as a one-book movie, it's part of the problem rather than part of the solution. Full Review
New York Times
Aug 31, 2004
There's a fine line between delighting an audience and pandering to it. "Renaissance Man" leapfrogs across the line. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Dec 3, 2018
Rating: 3/5 -- Okay "heartwarming" drama. Tries too hard, but mostly works.
About.com
Jul 14, 2003
...RENAISSANCE MAN generates its share of laughs, and the filmmakers have done a terrific job of casting the eight recruits with fresh faces who bring the film an inordinate amount of energy...
Variety
May 30, 1994
Rating: 4/5 -- Having taken basic training at Ft Jackson, SC this film had a lot of memories for me. Plus Penny Marshall autographed my "League of Their Own" poster for me after the premiere.
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Jan 1, 2005
As strange as it sounds, DeVito's performance is about the only aspect of the film that isn't wholly fraudulent, if only because his typical feisty abrasiveness protects him from sinking to the level of Marshall's mawkishness. Full Review
Washington Post
Jan 1, 2000

Product Description:

An unemployed advertising executive (Danny DeVito) takes a job teaching an underachieving class of Army recruits in this fish-out-of-water story. His radical tactics, though frowned on by the Army, help the students learn, and in turn the kids teach him a thing or two.

Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.:

Renaissance Man
Expect big, big laughs when funnyman Danny DeVito (TWINS, RUTHLESS PEOPLE) joins forces with talened director Penny Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, BIG) to deliver a lively five-star comedy you're going to love! DeVito plays a down-on-his-luck businessman who desperately takes the only job offered -- a teaching position in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits from flunking out of basic training! Be on alert for laughter as this unlikely new teacher and his underdog class unexpectedly inspire one another to be all that they can be!

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 123,920
  • UPC: 786936209488
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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