Director Robert Rodriguez brings the fourth dimension: AromaScope (aka scratch & sniff cards) to this, the fourth entry in his family action-adventure series.
This time around the spy kids must thwart a time travel plot, hatched by villain The Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven, Entourage), with the help of their new step-mum (Jessica Alba, Sin City) - a retired spy for the OSS (Organisation of Super Spies). Also stars Ricky Gervais (The Office).
After being entertained by the first Spy Kids but missing out on subsequent adventures, I join up again with the team for a fourth outing. Turns out, unfortunately, that the series has run dry, leaving this entry fun but uninspired.
The big gimmick here is the scratch-and-sniff cards that are handed out at every screening. There are eight numbered sections and each time the corresponding number appears on the screen, you’re supposed to activate them. Only problem is – it doesn’t work. The best I got was a faintly bubblegummy whiff of cardboard. I had wondered if I’d received a dud, but by the sounds of others in the audience, they all had too.
Otherwise this is fairly routine fare, even for kids, and aside from cool gadgets it’s just a bit dull. Can’t remember when I last received this many fart jokes in a movie, either. Good for younger viewers, but strictly a ‘babysitter’ for adults.
By Andrew Hedley, Flicks.co.nz
the movie not as good as the others but it still very good
Have not seen it yet but I think it will be good
This is so not as good as the last 3 not worth watching if you like the first 3 if they were going to make a forth movie they should have done it sooner with the original spy kids.Even tho they are still in the movie they are to old and different.
This movie is incredible!
I hated it. I really liked the first one
This fourth "Spy Kids" picture isn't so much bad as it is just boring, lacking the buzz and brio of even some of the earlier entries in the series.
Visually dreary (don’t bother paying the 3-D premium), lazily yet confusingly plotted, dominated by jokes involving vomit and an endlessly flatulent baby, All the Time in the World feels more like straight-to-DVD filler.
It's much inferior to the earlier films, though kids will probably like it.
Pointless trying to make sense of its cretinous plotting, but perhaps savour the irony of a film about stolen time that robs 89 precious minutes of your own.
Limps into its fourth installment with shiny CGI and frequent fart jokes to hold the attention spans of the underage and undemanding.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 6th Oct 2011.
Release date: October 6th 2011.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
