Spy Kids 2 - Die Rückkehr der Superspione (2002) Beobachten Film

A recycling machine that recalls the high points of previous installments without demonstrating the need for a new one.. If there were a Shrek TV show, this could be the two-part finale of, say, season 3. It isn't bad. It just doesn't belong on a movie screen.. Rodriguez seems to be trying too hard to cram in too much - more gadgets, more characters, more noise, more color. But bigger, brighter and faster isn't necessarily better.. Mr. Murphy's toothy, shifty-eyed Donkey who distills the series'...

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Daddy ohne Plan (2007) Film Abspielen

Bedtime Stories champions imagination while having too little originality itself.. . [Actress] Pettis is adorable, but she's compelled to push the cuteness dial well past one's tolerance level.. Judged as a piece of family entertainment, it's too haphazard and poorly paced to satisfy viewers too young to have ever attended a kegger.. It's a delightfully innocent movie that the actor can actually show to his two baby daughters without blushing.. There are worse ways to spend two hours with your c...

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Planes (2013) Film-Streaming

"Cars," with planes. And some cars. And a truck or two.. [It] isn't as giddily entertaining as its predecessor but much of the charm remains, making this an ideal destination for a family excursion.. This film is 100 percent devoid of surprises. It's the story of an underestimated underdog that's like every other kid-friendly, life-coachy story about an underestimated underdog.. The songs are infectious, but the rest (despite turns by Tina Fey and Ty Burrell) lacks some of the gang's usual feel-...

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Dinosaurier (2000) Online-Streaming-

Witty, sweet and -- in 3D -- often visually dazzling, Bolt is an unexpected pleasure, a showbiz, sci-fi spin on a classic Disney tale that's sure to please small kids and parents alike.. The directors and screenwriters hit all their marks and push all the right buttons, but the story never really takes off, and the characters never really spark to life.. At the end of the day, Bolt is a sweet Disney family film, but Lasseter's oversight has made it smarter than it otherwise would have been.. It'...

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Die Schlümpfe 2 (2013) Film-Streaming

Shabbily filmed and resolutely unfunny.. When it comes to action, comedy, and drama, three words apply: lamer, lamer, lamest.. This insipid, and sometimes awkward, blend of animation, computer generation and live action wastes a ton of talent and lacks a true sense of whimsy.. It would be too much to say that there's a good movie somewhere inside Smurfs 2 looking to get out. But it wouldn't be too much to say that sometimes, the movie we do have tries harder than we might expect.. Frankly, this ...

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The Kid - Image ist alles (2000) Beobachten Film

Although Fat Albert is smart enough to poke fun at itself director Joel Zwick can't quite conjure up any modern relevance.. Squeaky-clean but uninspired.. It's unlikely anyone over the age of 12 will find much to cheer about in the bland, sanitized moralizing this revamp of the decades-old Saturday morning cartoon show delivers.. . This movie is as lame as it is tame.. . Anyone who still doubts that Bruce Willis is one of the best actors working in films today should check out how he punches up ...

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Cars 2 (2011) Online-Streaming-

...by Pixar's outrageous standards of Oscar shoo-in virtuosity, this sequel is a disappointment at best.. The law of averages has finally caught up with the most remarkable studio in modern movie history, the dream factory that lived up to Buzz Lightyear's joyous cry of "To infinity and beyond." This frenzied sequel seldom gets beyond mediocrity.. We've come to expect perfection from Pixar, mostly because Pixar expects perfection from itself.. Like its predecessors, a tediously cartoonish candy-...

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