Wendy Makkena’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Wendy Makkena has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s.
Recurring themes

The Air Up There
1994
Family · Comedy

Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
Comedy · Family

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
Comedy · Family

Father of the Bride Part II
1995
Comedy · Family

Rookie of the Year
1993
Family · Comedy

Blank Check
1994
Comedy · Family

Monkey Trouble
1994
Comedy · Family

I'll Be Home for Christmas
1998
Comedy · Family

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Dir. Marielle Heller · With Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper

When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.
Dir. Emile Ardolino · With Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy

Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to a camp of their own design.
Dir. Jonathan Prince · With Jonathan Jackson, Andrew Keegan, Marnette Patterson

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.
Dir. Bill Duke · With Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Lauryn Hill
A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experience the highs and lows of life as their friendship remains solid through a series of escapades.
Dir. Charles Martin Smith · With Kevin Zegers, Wendy Makkena, Michael Jeter