: Spy Kids
Author: Robert Rodriguez
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cool children’s flick from one of my favorite directors. It’s done with a lot of fun and style and moves at a frantic pace, and though the plot (evil genius wants to create robot army of children) is childish, it has enough intelligence to see that and spoof itself. It’s not quite a James Bond parody, but close. Lots of fun gadgets and neat special effects. I liked the fact that the adults, while not the main characters in the story (after all, it is called Spy Kids), are not dumbed down and irrelevant. The adults are terrifically played by the suave couple Atonio Banderas and Carla Gugino. The kids… well, they’re okay. Very ordinary, which is surprising for such a big movie, but I liked that they didn’t cast typical Hollywood cuties in the roles. Ordinary kids would relate well to these two. The film also has a strong Hispanic flair to it; it’s so strong that it makes you realize how few mainstream films included such characters (they may have a token minority or two, but it’s not like real life). Overall, it’s a lot of fun. I was disappointed that the DVD has zero extras: I would have expected much more from this kind of a disc (behind the scenes footage, documentary on all the special gadgets, interview with director Rodrigues, deleted scenes, etc.). Sadly there’s nothing, which means you may be better off renting this.
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