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Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius

Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: YAHOO!! THE best film Nickelodeon has realeased!
Review: "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" Rated: G Runtime: 82 minuets Directed by: John A. Davis Written by: John A. Davis and David N. Weiss & J. David Stem and Steve Oedekerk. Tagline: "I can fix that..." Featuring the voice talents of: Debbi Derryberry, Rob Paulsen, Jeffery Garcia, Caorlyn Lawrence, Crystal Scales, Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo, Candi Milo, Frank Welker, Patrick Stuart, Martin Short and Andrea Martin.

By: Grant Ellison McGee, age 12.

Nickeloden, the famed provider for quality childrens' entertainment, has done it again with their animated motion picture, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius", and they've manged to entertain the WHOLE family. Out of all the Nick movies I've seen ("Harriet the Spy, "Snow Day" and "The Rugrats Movie"), this one was the best, PERIOD!

The cast was great, especialy the voice actors who appear all the time. Those people are Rob Paulsen, Frank Welker, Candi Milo and Billy West, who have an ENDLESS list of credits to their names in animated movies and cartoon shows (too bad Maurice LaMarche and Grey DeLise weren't in this).

The animation was very cool for its unrealisticness, though they did put great detail into the lighting and eyeballs of the characters (and did it WELL!). Even the soundtrack, a serving of mostly pop songs, wasn't all that bad!

Plot: very simple BUT (and a big 'BUT', I might add (tee hee)) effective! After Jimmy (Derryberry) sends a home-made satellite made out of a toaster into outer space, an egg-like alien race called the Yolkians discover it and decide to use all the parents in Retroville (Jimmy's hometown) as a sacrefice to their god, Poultra (think Godzilla as a chicken and you got it). At first, the kids are happy that their parents are gone (they don't know the whole sacrificing thing yet) and celebrate, but then start to miss them after only a day. So they decide to go on a rescue mission (they know now) to save thier parents from becoming chicken feed.

The humor was very well done, with lots of hidden jokes for the adults. It also reminds adults about childhood.

HOWEVER, I AM unhappy with the way this film was rated. MPAA Rating: G What I Think it Should Be: PG for rude humor and some mild sci-fi action violence.

In case any of you parents are worrying: 1.) I'll tell you what was in the film to warrant a G rating, and 2.) I'll let you know what to look out for: an action scene where the kids are stuck in a meteorite shower, a chase scene involving some gunfire and explosions, some burping, a couple of fart reference jokes, a joke involving Yolkian civilians and Poultra's big butt, a puberty joke, and a joke about girls and hormones.

Remember, the MPAA thought this was mild enough to get a G rating.

Dispite that, everything else was perfect.

So c'mon, I URGE YOU to buy this. Oh, and get it on DVD. There will be plenty of features to keep you busy for a while.

Overall rating: [5] out of [5] stars.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is great! All the things I always wanted to do!
Review: This is great! Jimmy gets to do all the things I always wanted to do as a kid (and still would like to)!

Didn't you always want to build a private rocket, launch it from the roof and tell the airforce jets 'nice antiques' while hitting the after burners? Launch an 'Advanced Communications Toaster' to contact outer space? Have a secret lab in your basement and built an armada of space ships in two days with time to pack snacks and then save the world?

So it's wildly implausible. That's good, just relax and enjoy it! Watch all the things you missed out on doing and find out what would happen if all the parents left at once.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent.
Review: I must say that I'm genuinely shocked and appalled that so many people disliked this movie. Granted, many more loved it than not, but still! It takes a lot for a movie to make my ENTIRE family enjoy it, but "Jimmy Neutron" had what it took! Now, I'll admit it LOOKS like another stupid and boring kid movie that won't hold adults' attentions. But IT IS NOT. I repeat for effect: IT IS NOT. I repeat to get it through the heads of anyone who, for some unknown reason, didn't like it: IT IS NOT. That's why I'm tempted to assume many of the one-star reviewers didn't actually see it...but unfortunately I'm pretty sure they did. Anyway, I'm not surprised this movie won that "best animated film" or whatever award. It's really good! It has everything. Humor...and not gross potty humor, either. There's some burping, ok, but most of it is real funny stuff. There's music (pop, yeah, but at least it's something peppy in the background), action (obviously), and a good story with good characters and good animation. The aliens are cool...visually and otherwise. Their odd eggs-containing-goo bodies combined with Patrick Stewart's evil king Goobot and Martin Short's hilarious Ooblar make them very enjoyable. (I like the part where Ooblar talks to the toast. Tee hee. Toast. It's a funny thing, it really is.) The fact that the eggs worship Poltra, the great chicken god of wrath, is quite creative and interesting. I like chickens. They're funny too.

Jimmy has a very cool lab. It's reminiscent of Dexter's, sort of, but it's unique enough. The best part of this movie by far is Goddard, the awesome robot dog who wants Jimmy to make him a poodle. Goddard is adorable. He makes the whole thing worth watching. The story is simple: Aliens kidnap parents to sacrifice them to Poltra. Kids celebrate, then decide they miss parents, then build very clever rockets out of amusement park rides to save them. But the plot is presented in a highly entertaining way. There is humor, as previously stated. Carl fights with a butterfly ride and sounds particularly funny saying, "Come on, stupid butterfly!" It's funny to adults who recognize the connection to their own kids. And when Carl talks about his mom singing to him and Nick goes "WHAT?!" it's equally funny.

There are some things people found unrealistic about this movie that I'd like to address. One: kids being happy about their parents being gone. Sure, they'd be a little more worried in real life. This is a MOVIE. And these are very young children. They want freedom. They got over it quickly and missed their parents before long. Two: No oxygen in space. I noticed that too. But...it's fiction. Who needs oxygen in fiction? It's unimportant to the rest of the story. In real life they'd have brought along air tanks, but that would've been unnecessary here and not look as cute.

All in all, this is something everyone can watch (and like.) If you didn't like it at first, watch it again. It's certainly not bad at all. As far as computer animation goes, it's unconventional, but definitely not bad!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Jimmy Neutron
Review: I loved this movie! I hate to say, but it's true. What? I'll tell you. It's true that in life you want your parents to go away, and then when there gone, your so lonely you want them back! In this movie, Jimmy the Genius, (Main character)
spreads his knowledge with everyone, whiney or super, by letting them help him find there parents.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: I expected better....
Review: I'm sorry to say, but I expected better. I think this film was made poorly. I mean,it is so predictable. This movie is about Jimmy Neutron, a boy genius who invents things. One day, aliens come and take away the whole neighberhood'parents. The children first are happy, but then realize they have been taken by aliens. See this movie to find out what happens.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A cute movie!
Review: My little three year old brother absolutely loves this movie! The vivid animation and adorable music is absolutely superb! The storyline is quite interesting, although unrealistic. I have to admit that this movie is not very appealing to pre-teens and teenagers, but I would strongly reccomend it for younger viewers! It really is a blast!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Not Bad, Not Bad at All
Review: This was a pretty good movie with plenty of humor and laughter. Nice 3D animation, and it won't leave you bored and dazed,wishing to turn it off. Best of all it is for the whole family to watch!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not a bad movie
Review: I liked Jimmy Neutron. I thought he looked adorable. He thinks about sneaking out with Carl and Sheen. Sheen is hooked on this Ultra Lord so much as I am hooked on Thomas The Tank Engine and Hey Arnold! the movie. Now Jimmy is trying to save his and his friend's parents and kick alien but ups.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: really cool
Review: Jimmy Neutron:Boy Genius was better than i expected. It makes you
laugh so hard that you will just love it. Believe what the
critics say about it(and it's Oscar nomination, too!). When kids
sneak out to an amusment park for the opening night, all of the
kid's parents get kidnapped. For a couple days it seems like
heaven to the kids but a few days later they don't know what to
do without parents. so Jimmy is trying to save everyone's parents
and for that, Jimmy soon becomes the most popular kid in school.
Wait and see yourself if Jimmy's parents(and the rest of the
world's parents) get saved. RENT IT. I URGE YOU

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Funny, clever, and CREATIVE!
Review: This movie exceeded my expectations in every way. I did not expect it to be as entertaining as it was. It's obvious that the writers/producers had a blast coming up with creative gadgets and inventions that will not only inspire children, but also adults.

If you like Bart Simpson, Malcolm in the Middle, Toy Story, and Dennis the Menace, you'll love Jimmy Neutron! I'm looking forward to seeing the TV series too.


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