Leave It to Beaver (1997)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Andy Cadiff

Writers (WGA):

Bob Mosher (television series) &
Joe Connelly (television series) ...

Release Date:

22 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

The Beav is back.

Plot:

Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio - wise father Ward, loving mother June, teen-age son Wally and 8-year-old "Beaver" Theodore...

Plot Keywords:

Dating | Children | Sequel | Family Relationships | Bicycle

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

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.
Alan Rachins	...	Fred Rutherford
Grace Phillips	...	Miss Landers
Geoffrey Pierson	...	Football Coach Gordon (as Geoff Pierson)
Barbara Billingsley	...	Aunt Martha
Ken Osmond	...	Edward 'Eddie' Haskell Sr.
Frank Bank	...	Frank
Erika Christensen	...	Karen
E.J. De La Pena	...	Larry Mondello
Justin Restivo	...	Clarence 'Lumpy' Rutherford
Louis Martin Braga III	...	Gilbert Bates (as Louis Braga)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and some elements of sensuality.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | USA:PG (certificate #35435) | Argentina:Atp | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Lakewood, California, USA

Company:

Robert Simonds Productions

Trivia:

After Brian Levant, Richard Correll and Tony Dow were turned down as possible directors by the studio, Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers declined to appear in cameo roles.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the Mighty Mites opening game, Beaver is on the kickoff team waving at his dad instead of paying attention when the ball is kicked. But with 38 seconds left in the game, the coach says "Okay, the rules say I gotta play everyone" and he puts in Beaver.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
June Cleaver: I'm worried. I'm worried. About our. About our. Beaver. Beaver.

Movie Connections:

References "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993)

Soundtrack:

The Hollywood Shuffle

Once you start seeing it, you can't leave the room!!

Leave it to Beaver is not what I would have chosen from the video shop shelves, but it really surprised me. I've never seen the old TV series (too young for that), and I don't know if the movie relates to it in any way. It's nice and genuine fun for the whole family. That movie got me, my parents and all my brothers stuck on the couch for two hours! Tha misadventures of this cute little boy are amazing! It's the kind of thing anyone of us has been through: parents pressure, looking up to your older brother, breaking things... all that happens when you're 8 and have a lot of energy to spend. You'll be glad you watched it.