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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Robert Rodriguez (written by)
Release Date:
30 March 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
Real Spies... only smaller
Plot:
The children of secret-agent parents must save them from danger. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins
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10 nominations
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(193 articles)
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User Comments:
Daft and silly but it doesn't take itself seriously once and is surprisingly fun for adults and older children
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Antonio Banderas | ... | Gregorio Cortez |
 | Carla Gugino | ... | Ingrid Cortez |
 | Alexa Vega | ... | Carmen Cortez |
 | Daryl Sabara | ... | Juni Cortez |
 | Alan Cumming | ... | Fegan Floop |
 | Tony Shalhoub | ... | Alexander Minion |
 | Teri Hatcher | ... | Ms. Gradenko |
 | Cheech Marin | ... | Felix Gumm |
 | Robert Patrick | ... | Mr. Lisp |
 | Danny Trejo | ... | Machete |
 | Mike Judge | ... | Donnagon / Donnamight |
 | Richard Linklater | ... | Cool Spy |
 | Guillermo Navarro | ... | Pastor |
| Johnny Reno | ... | Agent Johnny |
| Shannon Shea | ... | FoOglie #1 / Flower |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for action sequences.
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Runtime:
88 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
South Korea:All |
Ireland:G |
Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Argentina:Atp |
Finland:K-7/5 |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Hong Kong:I |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:7 |
Peru:PT |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:U |
USA:PG (38141) |
Australia:PG |
Singapore:PG
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In this film Carla Gugino is depicted as already being a grown adult before having children. In reality, she was only 17 when Alexa Vega (Carmen) was born.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: There is a visible line where the latex of Minion's prosthetic hand ends and his real fingers begin.
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Quotes:
Juni Cortez:
You mean you're our real uncle? Because we've already got a fake uncle.
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Movie Connections:
References Prizzi's Honor (1985)
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Soundtrack:
Juni Theme
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Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez are ex-spies who were at the top of their game until they met, married and decided to retire for their own mutual safety. Years later they have normal lives and have children who know nothing of any of this. When Gregorio learns of former colleagues vanishing, he looks into it, only for him and Ingrid to be captured by the evil Floop, whose children's television puppets are really mutants developed as part of building a private army for Lisp. With their parents gone and the alarm raised, Carmen and Juni learn the truth and are suddenly faced with having to rescue their parents.
You shouldn't come to this movie expecting it to be serious or logical because it really isn't. Instead it is silly, goofy and really very daft but still quite good fun for slightly older children and also for adults. The plot is pretty much summed up by the title insofar as you really need to know what is going on because it doesn't make much sense. The film is really about the kids becoming spies and playing with gadgets etc on their way to becoming heroes of a sort. It never takes itself too seriously and it draws humour from this approach well, making it easy to relax and watch because, yes it's silly, but at least it knows it is silly. The Floop creations are too silly to appeal to adults but will probably provide some laughs for kids but generally the film gets the tone right for both groups.
Rodriguez directs with his usual approach and I quite enjoyed the effect it had here because it does suit the silly, hyper material (which he also wrote). The effects are mainly good and it should work for most kids in the way that older boys like their gadgets and fantasy video games. The cast did it for me as well, featuring as it did a lot of people who've worked with Rodriguez before. Banderas and Gugino are both sexy and cool in the parental roles but it is Vega and Sabara who lead the film. Neither of them are typically "cute kids" and it helped me enjoy the film for them to be quite natural and buy into the material. Support is surprisingly classy and most of them work. I didn't like Cumming at all but that was more to do with his character; Shalhoub was OK, Hatcher was fun, Cheech pops up briefly, Patrick has a small role, Trejo is ever reliable and George Clooney puts in a small but amusing appearance.
Overall this is not a great film because it all nonsense but then, as a kids' film, it doesn't matter so much. The energy, pace and sense of fun covers up for the daft central plot and nobody seems to be taking it seriously. Surprisingly fun to watch, even for adults and worth a look.