Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Another live-action Dennis the Menace is released. In this one, Dennis enjoys Christmas, but he finds out that his neighbor, Mr. Wilson, is deeply disgusted by it. (What a surprise.)Dennis attempts to get Mr. Wilson into the Christmas, but everything he does is done so badly that I'm starting to think he actually planned it to be bad. Because of him, Mr. Wilson is poisoned, arrested, injured and among other things. I'm not one for physical humor (i.e getting arrested or injured for laughs),and I know it's just a show, but it's just gross and very rude how these "jokes" are executed. Next, in the story, after depressing Dennis, Mr. Wilson is given a "Dicken's twist" by having him be Scrooge and he's to find out that if he ruins Christmas for Dennis, then Dennis will grow up to be very grouchy, like Mr. Wilson. The story is very unoriginal and it dosen't at all do justice for either the "Dennis the Menace" comics or "A Christmas Carol." In my opinion, both Dennis and Mr. Wilson went too far. It's justified that Mr. Wilson needs to lighten up, but Dennis trying to make him a decent Christmas is actually wrong. He should have gotten help by his parents before he did anything to Mr. Wilson.

Dennis is inspired by a classroom lecture about Christmas celebrations, and goes on a reckless rampage of "well-intentioned" destruction. Don't expect the exuberant Dennis who touches adult hearts with his ingenuous spirit. Expect a misguided kid whose ill-conceived crusade involves trespassing, persistent obsession, vandalism, and ignoring warnings. Aimed at three year old kids with a slapstick approach, the violent accidents are supposed to be funny and cute. They're neither.Dennis's parents do nothing, as the kid marks a "checkoff" list of good deeds to "help" Wilson. One fiasco after another. Damage, destruction, injury. Then he tries another item on the list. Damage, destruction, injury. Then another. Damage, destruction, injury. And on and on. No jury in the world would convict Wilson if he bought some pit bull attack dogs to devour this little psycho next time he sneaks on to the property. And then blow up the Mitchells' house. Anyhow, the story then throws in a weakly contrived "Christmas Carol" sequence in for a moral tag. In spite of a hopeless script, the cast all do a pretty decent acting job. You may not notice the actors by this time though; you'll be too busy rolling your eyes. Uses the Dennis moniker, but it's really a thinly disguised cheap rip off of Home Alone.

Raucous, slapstick fare for young children - harmless enough, you might think, but beware! This G-rated holiday movie features the most unforgivable Christmas spoiler of all time: at one point grouchy old Mr. Wilson (played to otherwise amusing effect by erstwhile tough guy Robert Wagner) bellows "there's no such thing as Santa Claus!" at his mischievous but well-meaning little neighbor Dennis.Given that nobody without young children would ever feel compelled to watch a G-rated, kid-centric and essentially flimsy comedy, one has to wonder what the director hoped to achieve by including such a profoundly disappointing revelation in a movie bound for an audience of little children at Christmas time.Move over, Mr. Grinch - you've got competition.

You shouldn't watch this, your children shouldn't watch this,prisoners at Gitmo shouldn't watch this. Only those who produced this abomination should be forced to view their mistake over and over again. I wish I could give it a zero. The # 1 problem with the plot is a total lack of child supervision. This observation came from my daughter not me though I totally concur. It was totally devoid of humor, the characters were two-dimensional at best and Joseph Kerns from the grave could have put more life into Mr. Wilson than Robert Wagner did. Can't anyone make a Christmas story for kids anymore? And please hire kids that can act like natural kids instead of just being cute.