Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Name: Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Genre: Comedy
Released: June 10, 2011
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 37

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Relativity Media | Release Date: June 10, 2011

Summary: Judy Moody was in a mood… a best-summer-ever mood! R A R E ! But that was before she found out that Mom and Dad were heading to California and Aunt Awful was coming to stay. Not to mention, her two best friends were going splitsville on her, for the whole entire summer! Will she, Judy Moody, be stuck with her little brother Stink? Stink,Judy Moody was in a mood… a best-summer-ever mood! R A R E ! But that was before she found out that Mom and Dad were heading to California and Aunt Awful was coming to stay. Not to mention, her two best friends were going splitsville on her, for the whole entire summer! Will she, Judy Moody, be stuck with her little brother Stink? Stink, who has Bigfoot on the brain? Just when summer is starting to look Bor-ing with a capital B— Eureka!—Judy Moody (with a little help from Aunt Opal) comes up with the most thrill-a-delic plan ever. She challenges her friends in a thrill-point race for the most mega-rare NOT bummer summer. Can Frank Eats-Paste Pearl help save summer? The race is on! All she has to do is…learn to walk a tightrope, surf a monster wave, ride the Scream Monster—no hands!—make it all the way through an Evil Creature Double Feature, and survive… a poop picnic! Take a few thrills and chills, add a treasure hunt for Judy’s teacher, a midnight stakeout, a runaway ice-cream truck, and a chase scene with a dash of Bigfoot. What have you got? The Judy Moodiest summer ever! (Smokewood Entertainment Group)… Expand

Director: John Schultz

Genre(s): Comedy

Runtime: 91 min

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Joe Neumaier

Jun 10, 2011

A young Aussie actress who seems as all-American as a Magic 8 ball, successfully walks the tightrope from precocious to exuberant, never once falling into obnoxiousness. That could describe this crackerjack of a kids' movie as well. Read full review

Andy Webster

Jun 9, 2011

The whole film is a celebration of messy, colorful, vigorous creativity, echoed in Cynthia Charette's gloriously cluttered hodgepodge production design, with barely a product placement in sight. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Jun 9, 2011

Mosteller might be the movie's real discovery. He twists his lisp and slurry speech around the dialogue in a way that exudes far less attitude than the kids. Read full review

Lael Loewenstein

Jun 3, 2011

Picture comes off as an exaggerated slapstick romp rather than the breezy, affecting tale of an 8-year-old tomboy it might have been. Read full review

David Fear

Jun 7, 2011

The books' ingenious wunderkind is MIA here, replaced instead by a generic eye-rolling, motormouthed preteen bopping around rote set pieces. Read full review

Sandi Angulo Chen

Jun 9, 2011

With summer comes theaters filled with superheroes, sequels and forgettable family fare. In the last category, we find Judy Moody. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Jun 10, 2011

The mystery is why the filmmakers thought third-graders or anyone else would be willing to pay for this master class in tedium. Read full review

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Angelle

Mar 17, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Judy moody is a fun,exciting,and funny movie. It's great for kids. I love the movie and I am sure you will too! It so creative and wonderful. It's and exciting adventure through Judy Moody's summer. They are such good actors and actresses. Just watch it! It might even give you some ideas for the summer. The only thing that you might want to worry about but maybe not is that they say a word that you might or might not consider a curse word.… Expand

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fablepaul

Aug 2, 2011

I enjoyed LeahAndNic's review. Right on. I saw it with a full house opening week - and, while I would have enjoyed a few more quieter, less frenetic moments in the film - it thoroughly entertained the kids - and adults - in the audience - including me. The CG graphics were a fun nod to aI enjoyed LeahAndNic's review. Right on. I saw it with a full house opening week - and, while I would have enjoyed a few more quieter, less frenetic moments in the film - it thoroughly entertained the kids - and adults - in the audience - including me. The CG graphics were a fun nod to a world-gone-gamified - and, aside from some unnecessary fixation on poop jokes (of course, getting some of the best "ewwws!" and laughs from the kids), the film provided a playful romp with decent messages. Loved that Aunt Opal is a walking creativity-maven. And if this film gets kids reading the book series it was based on, that's not such a bummer summer either.… Expand

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LeahAndNic

Jun 20, 2011

I get confused by critics and their reviews of kids movies these days. I'm not a huge fan of them myself. So I stay away from discussing them in terms of rating other than good or bad. But with such overwhelming negative reviews I thought I would jump in.

It's good. It's fun. It'sI get confused by critics and their reviews of kids movies these days. I'm not a huge fan of them myself. So I stay away from discussing them in terms of rating other than good or bad. But with such overwhelming negative reviews I thought I would jump in.

It's good. It's fun. It's completely unbelievable. But what I can tell you is that my 8 year old really smiled through it watching a character she read about come to life. Judy can be annoying as any kid can from time to time But I loved the idea of a list of Bummer Summer Killers. And my daughter made one for herself on her own after seeing it. She chose challenging, exciting stuff to try for her first time. And I'm proud of her for it. And this movie got her to try it.

So by all accounts it's a done it's job. It's made a kid smile, a parent not angry and it's challenged my daughter. I know it's not talking cars, dancing penguins or cowboy lizards.… Expand

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TRANSFORMERSFAN

Mar 11, 2021

this movie wasn´t pretty good at all! i give this movie a 2/10! what a big terrible movie!

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PinkFloyd4ever

Jul 24, 2011

I took my neice to see this, it was the worst movie i have ever seen in a long time. Why are the vast majority of films that are being released nowadays sucking so bad? It was horrendous. Even my 8 year old neice hatted it.

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UNARMED_JORD

Jul 19, 2016

one of the most worst adaptations of a beloved children's series ever do not watch it as you will regret it if you like the books stick to the books just dont watch this movie

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MegWhiteley

May 15, 2012

One of the most terrible movies ever!. The Judy Moody books are really cool, and funny, when Relativity Media do the announce of this movie, I think: wow, great idea. But what happen? This movie is a big disaster. The story is really stupid, and the development is slow, strange, stupid, isOne of the most terrible movies ever!. The Judy Moody books are really cool, and funny, when Relativity Media do the announce of this movie, I think: wow, great idea. But what happen? This movie is a big disaster. The story is really stupid, and the development is slow, strange, stupid, is like a freak show. The performances are horrible, any have a great moment. Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is one of the worst movies of the last year.… Expand

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