Renaissance Man
One man's mission to teach the few, the proud... The impossible!
1994 • 128 min • Comedy · Drama
Synopsis
An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.
Our family guide
Best from age 12- 61 Audience · 325 · 100%
A struggling ad man finds an unexpected new path teaching critical thinking to a diverse group of Army recruits. He inspires them to find their voices and potential, while they help him rediscover his purpose.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Some military training sequences
- Mild language, including a few expletives
- Brief mentions of past struggles
What it models well
- The power of education
- Finding your purpose
- Teamwork and camaraderie
- Overcoming stereotypes
Talk about it after
- The importance of critical thinking
- Finding value in unexpected places
- Challenging assumptions about people
- The meaning of success and failure
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Top billed cast
Director: Penny Marshall • Crew: Jim Burnstein
Danny DeVito
Bill Rago
Gregory Hines
Sergeant Cass
James Remar
Captain Tom Murdoch
Ed Begley Jr.
Jack Markin
Lillo Brancato
Soldat Donnie Benitez
Stacey Dash
Soldat Miranda Myers
Kadeem Hardison
Soldat Jamaal Montgomery
Cliff Robertson
Colonel James
Richard T. Jones
Pvt. Jackson Leroy
Khalil Kain
Pvt. Roosevelt Nathaniel Hobbs
Trailers & clips
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.1/10 (325)
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40,000,000
- Box office
- $24,332,324
- IMDb
- tt0110971
