SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS
"The Cortez kids, those mini-James Bonds who bounce to a Latin beat,
are back to hone their espionage skills...It's a wonderfully silly
family movie that holds its audience in high regard...writer-director
Robert Rodriguez shows he hasn't lost his touch with child actors
or with the vast horizons of a childlike imagination." --Jami
Bernard, The New York Daily News
"The movie is a gaudy, noisy thrill ride--hyperactive, slightly out
of control and full of kinetic, mischievous charm. The children who
are its intended audience will scream with terror and delight and
beg to go back for more...anarchic without being abrasive--the coarser
moments of humor stay well within the bounds of grade-school naughtiness--and,
more remarkably, sweet natured without being unbearably sentimental."
--A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Robert Rodriguez is more than in touch with his inner child...he's
proving himself to be perhaps the most gifted maker of live-action
family adventure films around...Though it's longer and more elaborate
than it needs to be, it shares its predecessor's smart but relaxed
sense of humor, a sophisticated imagination and the ability to be
sharp and playful without being malicious." --Kenneth
Turan, The Los Angeles Times
"'Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams' uses the same formula as
the wonderful 2001 original: bright colors, weird gimmicks, fanciful
special effects, goofy villains, sassy dialogue and lots of moxie...The
whole film has a lively Mexican-American tilt, from the Hispanic backgrounds
of the young actors to the surprise appearance of none other than
Ricardo Montalban, as Grandpa, in a wheelchair with helicopter capabilities."
--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"This time around, the antics are a tad more frantic, and the gizmos
work overtime...On the other hand, the inventiveness is still superior
and the network of fiends and family is extended." --Lisa
Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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