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Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Comedy · Family · 1994

Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. What's more, scoundrel Laurence Van Dough is scheming to take over the family empire. Uh-oh! Enter faithful butler Cadbury to save the day.

Movie details

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

“Five buddies, one butler, and a dog on an adventure so big... even the world's richest kid can't afford to miss it.”

1994 Comedy · Family 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.5 / 10

78.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

27 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

49 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. What's more, scoundrel Laurence Van Dough is scheming to take over the family empire. Uh-oh! Enter faithful butler Cadbury to save the day.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Donald Petrie

Written by

Tom S. Parker · Jim Jennewein · Neil Tolkin

Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Culkin

Richie Rich

John Larroquette

John Larroquette

Van Dough

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Mr. Rich

Christine Ebersole

Christine Ebersole

Mrs. Rich

Jonathan Hyde

Jonathan Hyde

Cadbury

Michael McShane

Michael McShane

Professor Keenbean

Chelcie Ross

Chelcie Ross

Ferguson

Court is in session

Put Ri¢hie Ri¢h on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.