Film

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Name: Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1994
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette, Edward Herrmann, Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Hyde

Comedy
Light-hearted

Macaulay Culkin as a lonely billionaire kid fighting to save his family fortune from a scheming villain, with help from his butler. It's pure '90s family comedy: bright, silly, stuffed with celebrity cameos, and entirely unbothered by logic. Made for kids who think being rich is the coolest problem to have, and for adults who remember when this seemed like peak entertainment.

TMDb rating

3.0

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