Production note The film was made for about $26 million and grossed about $202 million.
Production note Roger Ebert gave the film three stars.
Production note The movie runs 111 minutes.
Production note The school was filmed at John Jacob Astor Elementary in Astoria.
Production note Arnold supposedly had a private studio gym built for daily workouts.
Production note Stephen Park had cut scenes in the film, according to the hosts.
Production note Reitman used five rules for working with the child actors.
Mentioned with uncertainty The title character’s mom-name choice 'Sylvester' is interpreted as a Stallone jab.
Total Recall Used as proof of Arnold’s 1990 peak and his hot streak.
Twins Mentioned as another successful Reitman-Schwarzenegger collaboration.
The Terminator / Terminator 2 Referenced as part of Arnold’s action-to-comedy evolution and his apex run.
Home Alone Used to illustrate the family-film landscape and 1990 box office competition.
Sleeping with the Enemy Referenced as the film that finally knocked Home Alone from number one.
Roadhouse Used as a template for the kind of overripe villain Crisp resembles.
Ghostbusters Held up as one of Ivan Reitman’s defining successes and a benchmark for ensemble comedy.
Dave Bill calls it Reitman’s best movie, in a tangent about the director’s filmography.
The Champ Cited as Arnold’s conceptual inspiration for a kid-centered film.
Brookstone Used as a 1990 mall-era nostalgia marker in the opening scene.
Different Strokes Mentioned as an example of older TV’s “very special episode” approach to dark topics.
The Big Lebowski Referenced in the ferret discussion.
Axl/other celebrity peak lists They use multiple celebrity-run examples to discuss nostalgia for peak cultural runs.
