Spy Kids Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 10 Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

An intelligent, upbeat, happy movie.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

Lively, imaginative, with a playful sense of humor.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

Wacky enough and gadget-driven enough to appeal to bored kids looking for fresh energies.Read the full review

USA Today | Andy SeilerAdd Critic to Favorites

By emphasizing surreal humor and fast-paced action instead, Rodriguez has crafted a prepubescent version of James Bond without aping that series' style.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

It's entertaining and inoffensive.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

It's Alan Cumming who takes over the movie as the impish mastermind Fegan Floop.Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

An enjoyable and charming if overactive fantasy.Read the full review

Washington Post | Stephen HunterAdd Critic to Favorites

As a piece of almost dadaist filmmaking, Spy Kids is great fun with its continual spirit of invention.Read the full review

Variety | Lael LoewensteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Fulfills kids' empowerment fantasies and features enough techno-wizardry and cool f/x to satisfy those weaned on videogames.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Energetic and slickly done, but also somewhat soulless.Read the full review

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