The read
Audiences rate it 36 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,486 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes19%
Audiences rate it 36 points higher than critics do.
379 audience votes
Key crew
- Todd GraffWriter
- Ken KwapisDirector
- Cliff EidelmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fran DrescherJoy Miller
- Timothy DaltonBoris Pochenko
- Michael LernerJerry Miller
- Ian McNeiceIra Grushinsky
- Patrick MalahideLeonid Kleist
- Lisa JakubKatrina Pochenko
- Tamara MelloConsuela
- Phyllis NewmanJudy Miller
- Heather DeLoachMasha Pochenko
- Adam LaVorgnaKarl Pochenko
- Vincent SchiavelliJailer
- Marianne MuellerleileChef
Stills
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Themes
parent child relationshipculture clashdictatoreastern europeeducationdictatorshipfemale protagonistmisunderstandingbeautician