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Betty Thomas has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s.
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The Sandlot 2
2005
Family · Comedy

Old Dogs
2009
Comedy · Family

Kicking & Screaming
2005
Family · Comedy

Little Nicholas
2009
Comedy · Family

Firehouse Dog
2007
Family · Comedy

102 Dalmatians
2000
Family · Comedy

The Princess Diaries
2001
Comedy · Family

Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
Comedy · Family

The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the radio world, always with his supportive wife, Alison, by his side. Landing a gig in Washington, D.C., Stern meets Robin Quivers, who will become his long-time partner in crime. When the two move to New York, they face the wrath of NBC executives.
Dir. Betty Thomas · With Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
Dir. Steven Bochco · With Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz

After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.
Dir. Betty Thomas · With Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West

After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart, while destroying his reputation.
Dir. Betty Thomas · With Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti

The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Dir. Betty Thomas · With Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Christine Taylor

A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
Dir. Jeff Kanew · With Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
Dir. Betty Thomas · With Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt

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Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby. The boys must put aside music super stardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes - Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.
Dir. Betty Thomas · With Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.
Dir. Betty Thomas · With Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen