0.5/4  Suck
SUCKED........................OMG this is A piece of trash it has on e good part to some people ...lol whatever this movie should not have been made granted im not A kid but I grew up on movies that are still good(example) toy story,the br... (read full)

5/5 great family movie
  by Michael A. Scheurich (California)
I thought this was going to be another silly kiddy sleuth movie but it was nothing as I expected. It is a wonderful movie for family night. Moms, dads and kids should watch it together -- it has a message for everyone in the family.

5/5 Good Family Movie
  by William H. Jefferson
This film was a good family movie for all ages to enjoy. It had everything from laughter to sadness and all points in between. It was heart warming and funny.

1/5 When the males wear too much lipstick?
  by Blood Bath (Texas)
The males (both older and younger) wear more lipstick than the females...well that pretty much says it all.

Especially during the last scenes?

Good drama for a child's flick, good sci/fi, but then there is just too much lipstick.

Kiss, kiss!!!

4/5 Great for family night
  by Anita Margarita (East Coast, USA)
I agree with several reviews I've read on this movie that 1 - I don't see many adults watching this one without their kids no matter how young-at-heart they are, 2 - the Ricky character and his antics MADE this movie, and 3 - it is almost criminal to have Kevin Nealon, Tim Meadows and Andy Richter together in a movie and not give them more to do.

I have a nine-year old and we watched this together one Friday evening and were entertained through and through. We rewound a lot of the Ricky-the-robot moments.

Seriously, I was really impressed with Robert Hoffman's performance and the physicality of it. I figured out that he must be a dancer pretty early on (I even checked to see if he was in one of the Bring it On movies because of his cheerleader bit), but even his FACIAL expressions were hilarious. Those SYTYCD judges are always saying that to be a good dancer you have to be a good actor. He could build a pretty solid career out of physical comedy roles once dance movies and musicals fall out of fashion again.

I think another large part of my enjoyment was also that I am of the Nintendo generation. I may have kids of my own now, but I "get" video games and why kids like them. So the concept of a Mortal Combat-style battle with live people controlled through video game consoles was very entertaining to me. There were some Matrix-like moves, which has been done to DEATH, but it was with a 70+ GRANDMA, so I enjoyed it without any groans.

As for the underused adult comedians, maybe they were there to pull the adults into the movie seats? KN and TM on Saturday Night Live is when that show was must-see TV for me. That is THE cast in my mind. Or they initially gave them more to do but they realized in the cutting room that this movie is really about the kids? I certainly hope the target audience of this movie don't know who Kevin Nealon is. They do NOT need to be watching his contemporary work.

I will purchase this one, but for my nine-year-old to watch over and over.

5/5 Ashley Tisdale
  by Kody (New York,NY)
I never thought I'd see this movie. I seen it starred Ashley Tisdale, so I gave it a try. It was a good movie. It's a great buy to watch with your friends and family. Cute movie!