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Unaccompanied Minors
Warner Bros. Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG for mild rude humor and language
Starring
Lewis Black,
Wilmer Valderrama,
Tyler James Williams,
Dyllan Christopher,
Brett Kelly,
Gina Mantegna,
Quinn Shephard,
and
Paget Brewster
It's Christmas Eve and a huge blizzard has shut down the airport. Among the stranded travelers, five "unaccompanied minors" are determined to max out their holiday by running wild inside and outside the airport. Without a parent in sight, the rambunctious five outwit and outrun an airport official (Black) and his gullible assistant (Valderrama). The kids turn Christmas at airport into holiday pandemonium and, along the way, prove that the holidays aren't about where you are, but who you're with. (Warner Bros.)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
Family/Kids
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Jacob Meszaros
Mya Stark
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Paul Feig
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 7, 2007
Theatrical: December 8, 2006
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
87 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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75
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
A film that's funny and entertaining for kids and adults.
67
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
It may not advance the art form, but it's a movie with pleasures for the whole family, and nowadays that's saying something.
67
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
When it works, it's decent family fun; the kids are incredibly sharp. But the script's not as sharp as they are, and not everyone brings his A-game.
63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Crashes the slapstick of "Home Alone" into the youthful angst of "The Breakfast Club."
63
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
There isn't an original moment in the mix, but it's not as crass or vulgar as much of what passes for "family friendly" entertainment, and it keeps the precocious pop-culture references to a blessed minimum.
60
Variety
Staff (Not credited)
It's a crowdpleaser -- at least for crowds aged about 6 to 12.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirshling
Feig does wring out a few fleeting fun/heartfelt moments from the minors, and the movie's Christmas treacle is smoother than "Santa Clause 3's." But anyone old enough to go see this without a parent or guardian will have seen it all before.
58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
Black's apoplectic fits and sardonic rants are strictly a bonus for the parents dragged along for the adolescent shenanigans.
50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
The film is too busy hurling its cast from one labored slapstick setpiece to another to loosen up and allow them to have fun or be spontaneous.
50
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Not for the faint of heart, the movie is unsettling and startlingly true to life. At least that’s how it seemed to me. To the minors I happened to be accompanying, it seemed to be reasonably good fun.
50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Turns out to be entertaining but shticky.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
A little charm and inventiveness would have gone a long way to tone down some of the picture's more obnoxious impulses.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A noisy, not particularly charming collection of skits and skirmishes.
40
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Unaccompanied Minors, a sort of junior league version of "The Breakfast Club," never achieves the universal appeal of John Hughes's 1985 film about youth and authority.
40
Village Voice
Luke Y. Thompson
Anyone who has ever actually been stuck in a terminal with rowdy youngsters will not likely choose to pay money to revisit that experience on-screen.
40
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Unaccompanied Minors isn't likely to become a frequent flyer but it could strike a chord among children of divorce for many holiday seasons to come.
40
Empire
Helen O'Hara
Great performances from the young cast just can't make up for the overly familiar plot and pre-teen excesses of the action.
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Stephen Cole
Why bother suffering through 90 minutes of bad company for a few moments of holiday cheer? Especially when you can still stay home alone and watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas" somewhere on TV.
38
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
If the writers had the guts (and the jokes) to fashion a bittersweet comedy with a fully earned happy ending, Unaccompanied Minors probably wouldn't have been made. As is, it's a prefab slapstick-'n'-pathos stew that doesn't taste like anything.
38
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
A Christmas headache looking for an audience.
25
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
A half-baked script by Jacob Meszaros and Mya Stark admittedly gives Feig little to work with. But his young cast is capable of a lot more than is required of them in this so-called comedy.
12
New York Post
Kyle Smith
89 minutes go by like 89 hours. Not just 89 regular hours either: 89 hours of being stuck in an airport. During a blizzard. While Lewis Black sleeps drooling on your shoulder.
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