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64
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63
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Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Paramount Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring
Joe Alaskey,
Christine Cavanaugh,
Melanie Chartoff,
Cheryl Chase,
Elizabeth Daily,
and
John Lithgow
Hold on to your berets, babies, 'cause the Rugrats gang is headed for Paris in this animated movie based on the popular TV series. (Viacom)
| GENRE(S): |
Family/Kids
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
David N. Weiss
J. David Stem
Jill Gorey
Barbara Herndon
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Stig Bergqvist
Paul Demeyer
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 27, 2001
Video: March 27, 2001
Theatrical: November 17, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
78 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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83
Entertainment Weekly
Bruce Fretts
Packs appeal for both kids and parents.

80
Variety
Robert Koehler
Though animated sequels of popular kids' fare tend to perform lower than their progenitors, this one should buck the trend.

80
LA Weekly
Nicole Campos
A running spoof of "The Godfather" is especially hilarious, as are numerous, sly digs at all things Disney.

75
Baltimore Sun
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Wildly entertaining.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Remarkably poignant (and pungent) when it comes to child psychology.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The point is, adults can attend this movie with a fair degree of pleasure. That's not always the case with movies for kids, as no parent needs to be reminded. There may even be some moms who insist that the kids need to see this movie. You know who you are.

75
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
The journey's a kick.

70
Village Voice
Richard Gehr
Nicely conveys a family trip abroad as seen from both the exhausted-parent and bewildered-infant points of view.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Your children are almost certain to have a great time.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
If you're a parent, you could do a heck of a lot worse than taking the spawn off to catch Rugrats in Paris and if you're a kid, well, you probably already knew that anyway.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
More chic and movie-savvy than its predecessor.

64
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
The frequent song interludes will distract the kids (but send the adults into comas), and the anti-Disney satire rages as never before.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Seems more like a merchandising ploy than a successful attempt to entertain kids and their parents.

63
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Will Rugrats fans love it -- Wee, we -- er, oui, oui.

60
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
A one- way ticket to infantile heaven.

60
Film.com
Gemma Files
Has a soundtrack crammed with infectious music gleaned from fairly surprising sources.

60
TV Guide
Frank Lovece
A rare sequel that's better than the original.

58
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Filled with skewed humor, inventive animation and earthy jokes.

50
Miami Herald
Sara Wildberger
Where it succeeds smashingly is in the sound department.

50
Los Angeles Times
Robin Rauzi
All of this film's faults are nearly forgiven for the short but memorable scene of sumo wrestlers singing a karaoke version of "Bad Girls."

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
It's a mass of interchangeable moving images, none much more significant than the others, linked to a plot looser than a 2-year-old's shoelaces.

50
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The makers of this eclectically animated adventure, a follow-up to "The Rugrats Movie," know their audience, though all the "Godfather" references will be thoroughly puzzling to at least half of it.

50
Chicago Tribune
Loren King
Isn't novel entertainment, but adults who accompany kids to it are not likely to feel that it is a form of abuse for either of them.

50
Boston Globe
Loren King
Predictable and not terribly clever, but among the slim pickings of movies geared to the pre-school and grade-school set, it could be much worse.

50
USA Today
Staff [Not Credited]
Great movies are sometimes described as filet mignon or champagne, but this one is more like a pacifier.


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