Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Macaulay CulkinRichie Rich
- John LarroquetteLawrence Van Dough
- Edward HerrmannRichard Rich
- Christine EbersoleRegina Rich
- Jonathan HydeHerbert Cadbury
- Michael MaccaroneTony
- Joel RobinsonOmar
- Jonathan HilarioPee Wee
- Rory CulkinYoung Richie
- Michael McShaneProfessor Keenbean
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
What's sort of wonderful is the way this movie takes that old formula and makes it fresh and new, with actors who give it wit and charm. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A solid bit of fun in the straight-arrow family entertainment genre, Richie Rich, starring Macaulay Culkin, doesn't pretend to be much more than pleasant matinee fodder. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Richie Rich presents an irresistible Macaulay Culkin in a wonderful part and bursts with the gadgetry that many adults thrill to as much as children do. At the same time, it never loses touch with its humanity, directed by Donald Petrie with humor and panache. - 60
Empire
Another dose of Culkin charm. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
While the filmmakers haven't bothered to come up with a novel approach to very familiar material, the final product is a reasonably entertaining film that will interest children without putting their parents to sleep. - 50
Washington Post
The mediocre screenplay (by Tom S. Parker and Jim Jennewein of The Flintstones) is a more sober version of Arthur, with elements from Our Gang, North by Northwest and TV's Gilligan's Island. The filmmakers seem to think of their movie as a fiduciary fable, but they're not quite sure about its moral. - 50
Variety
Decently crafted but oddly charmless. - 40
The New York Times
If Richie Rich has the ingredients for a sweet-natured fantasy of ultimate childhood bounty, the movie, directed by Donald Petrie, lacks any sense of wonder. Its visual perspective is decidedly grown-up and demystified.
