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- 2011
- PG
- Dimension Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 2011
- PG
- Dimension Films
- 1 h 29 m
Summary On the surface, Marissa Cortez Wilson has it all...married to a famous spy hunting television reporter, a new baby and intelligent twin step kids. But in reality, trying to mother Rebecca and Cecil, who clearly don’t want her around, is her toughest challenge yet. Also, her husband, Wilbur, wouldn’t know a spy if he lived with one whic...
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez
Written By: Robert Rodriguez
- 2011
- PG
- Dimension Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 2011
- PG
- Dimension Films
- 1 h 29 m
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
37
2.9
Where to Watch
Summary On the surface, Marissa Cortez Wilson has it all...married to a famous spy hunting television reporter, a new baby and intelligent twin step kids. But in reality, trying to mother Rebecca and Cecil, who clearly don’t want her around, is her toughest challenge yet. Also, her husband, Wilbur, wouldn’t know a spy if he lived with one whic...
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez
Written By: Robert Rodriguez
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
37
14% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
36% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
37
14% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
36% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Far more coherent than its immediate predecessor, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D benefits greatly from its two likable young leads and some of the series' wittiest, pun-filled writing.
Far more charming, quick-witted and high spirited than anyone could have expected...for a film that didn't screen for press. It's gimmicky up the wazoo (not just 3D, but scratch-and-sniff "Aroma-Scope" cards handed out at screenings) and it's all the better for it.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 108 User Ratings
2.9
18% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
13% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
69% Negative
75 Ratings
75 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 108 User Ratings
2.9
18% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
13% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
69% Negative
75 Ratings
75 Ratings
It's practically impossible, 8 years after Game Over, but Robert Rodriguez makes a higher than adequate fourth instalment that still seems fresh. I don't see why this has the rating it has. Most of this is fast-paced nostalgic kiddie fare. If more kids were logged in to Metacritic, I can see a higher rating than this.
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I have seen all four spy kids movies. This movie was good, but not good enough. You like the kids, and i likes how they showed the original kids as adults in the movie, but it just wasn't enough. The movie itself was good. It mimiced the first movie very well. If you had to compare movie one to movie four, movie one wins. On it's own, however, it is pretty good. I don't believe it deserves to be bombed, but it doesn't deserve anything above an 8 at all. Also, let me warn you. The aromascope didn't work, and I never expected it too. Being able to smell things on the screen doesn't enhance the movie at all. It isn't a proper use of any future 4D tools.
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The film is being released in both 2- and 3-D, and from what I could tell the 3-D version is still almost 50-50. What use is made of the technology is hardly worth the effort, unless you've always wanted to experience a cascade of cheesies in 3-D.
Alba, meanwhile, is again ridiculously shoehorned into a comedy gig, although she does have an amusing opening bit spying while nine months pregnant. If only diaper bomb gags weren't the inevitable follow-up.
The Spy Kids series once seemed charmingly homemade. These days, it feels less charmingly homemade than maddeningly amateurish.
A cheap-looking, vaguely depressing echo of Robert Rodriguez's well-loved kidpic trilogy, assembled with minimal imagination or effort.
Even by the broad standards of children's flicks, the film's prank-prone next-gen tween spy Rebecca (Blanchard) is one monstrous brat.
All the reviews I've read here are based on the perspective of adults who've seen all the previous Spy Kids movies. Here's the perspective of two kids, aged 7 and 9, and their parents, none of whom were actually aware (shock horror) that other Spy Kids films existed:
We all thought it was a lot of of fun: silly, funny, hyperactive fun. I chuckled and was engaged, and the insubstantial silliness of the plot was just fine with me: it sort of reminded me of the old Batman TV series.
My kids rated it 10 and 9 respectively.
I do think, when reviewing a kids' film it's worth remembering:
a: Despite film-makers' strenuous attempts to make kid's films appeal to parents, what the kids think of it is pretty much the main thing.
b: Under-10s watching a film released in 2011 will not be comparing it with other, related films made before they were born, so the comparison is academic: do try to judge a film on its own terms.
So, if your kids are miniature Mark Kermodes, or you've seen the other films and demand a fulfilling movie-going experience for yourself, probably best to steer clear. Otherwise, dare I say it, it's really cool.
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Better than three, worse than the original two. The acting needed some work, but not much at all. The special effects have improved, but still are not good. It is worth a watch though.
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Spy Kids: All The Time In The World is an unenjoyable movie. The new characters are just not the same as the original, the movie isn't able to live up to the level of the original unfortunately.
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Mini Espias 4 no resalta en nada, y ha perdido toda la personalidad y carisma con respecto a las anteriores. Se siente como una de las secuelas mas perezosas que he visto en mucho tiempo. Las únicas escenas medio salvables son en las que aluden a la nostalgia en algunas partes con Carmen y Juni, pero el resto es horrible, una historia predecible, genérica y mal ejecutada, los nuevos espías son muy irritantes y poco inteligentes y el villano ni hablar. Hasta debo de decir que los extras que vienen con el DVD me gustaron incluso mas que la película en si!
La saga ha muerto... al menos por el momento.
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8 Years after of the third movie of "Spy Kids" this movie is totally worst than I thought , and the worst movie of the saga as to script and visual effects.
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Production Company
Dimension Films,
Troublemaker Studios,
Spy Kids 4 SPV
Release Date Aug 19, 2011
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating PG
Tagline Saving the world is their idea of family time
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 2 Nominations
ALMA Awards
• 1 Nomination
Kids' Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
