Movie Title: Spy Kids

Movie Title: Spy Kids
Rating: 4
Reviewed By: Michael Stevens

Review:
The only reason I am reviewing this kiddy film is, it is a box office hit. I personally dislike watching these types of films because they tend to be lame and there is never any nudity, and I like nudity! As to the film Spy Kids, it begins with a normal family with two kids and a mom & dad. We learn from mom (Carla Gugino) that she and Mr. Cortez (Antonio Banderas) used to be spies for opposing countries, but the children still do not know this. However, they will soon learn this because mom & dad come out of retirement for one more mission, and they get caught. So it's the spy's kids to the rescue. The youngest is Juni (Daryl Sabara) who is a wuss, but a creative and intelligent boy. Carmen (Alexa Vega) is the older sibling who always has to keep an eye on her brother, and she resents this. The rest of the movie is a visual effects show that demonstrates all sorts of spy gadgets that the studio is sure to market to the kids and earn some extra revenue. One last bit on the plot: The kids with a little help here and there are out to fight Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming) and Minion (Tony Shalhoub) over the third brain and the two evil ones plans to use it to make an army of children to take over the world, ha ha hah! The only others really worth mentioning in the film are George Clooney (maybe a minute of screen time), Teri Hatcher, Cheech Marin, Robert Patrick, and Danny Trejo. Spy Kids was written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film is just fine for those under the age of about 15. Now I did hear some adults laughing and enjoying themselves during the movie, but all I could think about was how lame the jokes were. I'm guessing that these same adults are also quite fascinated with light switches (ooohhh, light). So no, I didn't care for Spy Kids. But I am keeping in mind that I am not the target audience, so I give Spy Kids four couches out of ten for the About-Movies.com rating. Adios.