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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Antonio Banderas,
Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Steve Buscemi, Mike
Judge, Ricardo Montalban |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG |
| Released By: |
Dimension Films |
| Kiddie Movie: |
It's pretty good
for the whole family. There's some scary stuff, but
nothing to really give them nightmares. |
| Date Movie: |
She might think it's cute, or you're a wus for
liking it. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Mom is hot, but
nothing sexual except some winks between the kids. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nothing worse than
a cartoon. |
| Action: |
Lots of people
chase things. |
| Laughs: |
Lots of cute
moments. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
The strange
creatures are great. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
I had to take a
double-listen as Carmen said "You're full of shitake
mushrooms." |
| Directed By: |
Robert Rodriguez |
| Produced By: |
Elizabeth Avellan,
Robert Rodriguez |
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Spy Kids 2:
The Island of Lost Dreams
A Movie Review |
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Usually I listen to my accountant, especially when it
comes to my money, but when he told me "Sky Kids" was a cute movie,
that I just might like it, and that his kids loved it, well, I simply
dismissed it as "There aren’t many movies out there to take the kids
to, so if the kids like it the parents will, too, because they have to
like it." Low and behold, the movie came and went from the gigaplex,
made it to video, made it to pay-per-view, and then one evening, with
nothing else to watch, I watched "Spy Kids" on cable and I’ll be
damned, the penny-pincher was right – "Spy Kids" was a cute movie,
even for adults. Suddenly I was looking forward to the sequel, "Spy
Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams."Reprising all of their roles are
Gregorio the dad (Antonio Banderas), Ingrid the mom (Carla Gugino),
Carmen the daughter (Alexa Vega) and Juni the son (Daryl Sabara). As
members of the Spy Kid division of the OSS, Carmen and Juni rival with
Gary and Gerti Giggles (Matt O’Leary and Emily Osment) to be the
top-notch spy kids. Dad, meanwhile, is up for promotion to be director
of the OSS, but strange things are afoot as Dad Giggles (Mike Judge)
ends up with the promotion, and the small version of the Transmooker
device gets stolen. Juni gets blamed for the mishap, and even though
Gary and Gerti are selected to investigate a strange area at sea where
agents keep disappearing, Carmen has different ideas. Thanks to Carmen
and Juni, Gary and Gerti are now off to the desert and our heroes find
themselves on a mysterious island, with mysterious creatures, and a
mysterious scientist called Romero (played perfectly by Steve Buscemi)
who created the animals (they’re kinda creepy, but kinda cute, so I
won’t ruin their descriptions). It’s now up to our heroes to save the
day, for their parents to help out a bit, and even get a little
assistance from Grandma and Grandpa (Holland Taylor and Ricardo
Montalban).
Now as much as I enjoyed the movie, this movie is really all about
the kids. Three self-confident kids and one kinda goofball, lots of
cool gadgets that the kids never need explaining how to work, and a
wacked-out story that kids can dream up and live in their heads.
There’s also the underlying story of how families that stick together
somehow get the job done, and you also have some kiddie love stories,
even a funny Juni who is at that age where one girl can be cute and
another repulsive.
So I think I’ll just start to wrap up this review by simply saying
if you liked the first "Spy Kids," you’ll probably enjoy the sequel
just as much. Sure the story is far-fetched, but I’ll bet in the back
of your head you had a dream of how you saved the day, and that story
was just as wacky. The kids really steal the show in the acting
category, although the ribbing back and forth between mom, dad,
grandma and grandpa are great as well. Let yourself get lost in
fantasy and you’ll like the movie, go for realistic spying and you
really won’t get this movie at all. I give it 4 stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
