Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Kimberly Brooks (III), Megan Cavanagh, Jim Cummings, John A. Davis, Mark DeCarlo
Directed By: John A. Davis
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792179528
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0792179528
Label: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-07-02
Running Time: 82
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 2001-12-21
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I have this movie on VHS and DVD!!
Comment: I saw this movie with my old friend during my sophomore year in high school. My older sister bought me this movie on VHS when my cat Flower died the week before I started my junior year in high school. My older sister got the movie on dvd my last birthday to watch in my room.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Way, Way Sub Par
Comment: In my opinion, the true mark of a good children movie is one that can entertain and speak to children and adults at different levels. This is a movie children will enjoy but not likely grow into discovering grown-up jokes or a more sophisticated understanding of its theme as they mature. It is very much a vapid story within a framework so arbitrary that anything can happen. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius it's not so much a children movie as it is a children's movie.
I saw this with my daughter when it was first released in theaters and two minutes into it I realized there was just no comparison between it and anything from Pixar or Dreamworks. Prior to the theatrical release Nickelodeon had for months played a number of JN sketches and some were quite funny, but they were all so disjointed I realized after a while they couldn't all possibly be in the movie. And they weren't! This movie was just an attempt to capitalize and promote a show that was going to be on TV.
The voice talents are excellent and the animation is good. The characters themselves are funny (especially the dad and Sheen) and stand out from one another, unlike other shows in which several characters seem to speak with the same voice, both physical and from script. Yet the story line is halting and, even for a kid show, inconsistent, i.e. Jimmy travels around the world (before breakfast) in a rocket he made which is faster than military planes but his family is still middle class and makes no money off his super talent/He is a genius but still attends the same class as non-genius -and downright loopy- kids/He travels through space without a space suit, etc. Fantasy is not the issue, but there has to be consistency within the fantasy; there are "rules" even in the most fantastic children fantasy universe that keep the story concordant with itself and not, like in JN, flying off the handle and going wherever it wants to. You'd never see a story so loose from Pixar or Dreamworks.
Eventually, Jimmy Neutron TV episodes went on to be refreshingly original and unusual for a children show (open endings/bad guys winning) but this movie was a letdown, it surprises me the mostly good reviews it has gotten. Whereas I'm just as excited -if not more- than my daughter about whatever new CGI movie is released, with JN I kept glancing at my watch and mentally balancing my check book.
There are worse children movies you can buy, but there are not many of them.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Science Geeks Unite
Comment: It was a great movie for me(oh yeah, and my kids). It brought back lots of memories of wanting to be a space explorer. Plenty of fun stuff and action!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A great family movie!
Comment: I thought that this movie was a great one to watch any day. It is about a genious boy who I think is in the 5th grade. His parents are abducted by aliens, so Jimmy and his friends go to save them. It is a very lighthearted punchline. I think it is great for kids- and adults alike- who enjoy funny, funny films!
Also, try the TV show!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Funny
Comment: I Love this movie and i think it is great for kids. I bought this movie because i had seen it on tv and loved it. this movie is about Jimmy Neutron who is a boy genius. He sends a Communicater into outter space to contact alien species. so while the thing is floating around space, jimmy and his friends on earth go about their day. one night while jimmy is out with his friends his parents disappear long with the rest of the grown ups and they go wild and do what ever they want. jimmy relises through an alarm going off in his lab, he discovers that the Aliens are responable for the parents disappearents. after the kids have their fun they relise that life with out their parents is no fun so they devise a plain to get their parents back.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: I have this movie on VHS and DVD!!
Comment: I saw this movie with my old friend during my sophomore year in high school. My older sister bought me this movie on VHS when my cat Flower died the week before I started my junior year in high school. My older sister got the movie on dvd my last birthday to watch in my room.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Way, Way Sub Par
Comment: In my opinion, the true mark of a good children movie is one that can entertain and speak to children and adults at different levels. This is a movie children will enjoy but not likely grow into discovering grown-up jokes or a more sophisticated understanding of its theme as they mature. It is very much a vapid story within a framework so arbitrary that anything can happen. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius it's not so much a children movie as it is a children's movie.
I saw this with my daughter when it was first released in theaters and two minutes into it I realized there was just no comparison between it and anything from Pixar or Dreamworks. Prior to the theatrical release Nickelodeon had for months played a number of JN sketches and some were quite funny, but they were all so disjointed I realized after a while they couldn't all possibly be in the movie. And they weren't! This movie was just an attempt to capitalize and promote a show that was going to be on TV.
The voice talents are excellent and the animation is good. The characters themselves are funny (especially the dad and Sheen) and stand out from one another, unlike other shows in which several characters seem to speak with the same voice, both physical and from script. Yet the story line is halting and, even for a kid show, inconsistent, i.e. Jimmy travels around the world (before breakfast) in a rocket he made which is faster than military planes but his family is still middle class and makes no money off his super talent/He is a genius but still attends the same class as non-genius -and downright loopy- kids/He travels through space without a space suit, etc. Fantasy is not the issue, but there has to be consistency within the fantasy; there are "rules" even in the most fantastic children fantasy universe that keep the story concordant with itself and not, like in JN, flying off the handle and going wherever it wants to. You'd never see a story so loose from Pixar or Dreamworks.
Eventually, Jimmy Neutron TV episodes went on to be refreshingly original and unusual for a children show (open endings/bad guys winning) but this movie was a letdown, it surprises me the mostly good reviews it has gotten. Whereas I'm just as excited -if not more- than my daughter about whatever new CGI movie is released, with JN I kept glancing at my watch and mentally balancing my check book.
There are worse children movies you can buy, but there are not many of them.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Science Geeks Unite
Comment: It was a great movie for me(oh yeah, and my kids). It brought back lots of memories of wanting to be a space explorer. Plenty of fun stuff and action!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A great family movie!
Comment: I thought that this movie was a great one to watch any day. It is about a genious boy who I think is in the 5th grade. His parents are abducted by aliens, so Jimmy and his friends go to save them. It is a very lighthearted punchline. I think it is great for kids- and adults alike- who enjoy funny, funny films!
Also, try the TV show!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Funny
Comment: I Love this movie and i think it is great for kids. I bought this movie because i had seen it on tv and loved it. this movie is about Jimmy Neutron who is a boy genius. He sends a Communicater into outter space to contact alien species. so while the thing is floating around space, jimmy and his friends on earth go about their day. one night while jimmy is out with his friends his parents disappear long with the rest of the grown ups and they go wild and do what ever they want. jimmy relises through an alarm going off in his lab, he discovers that the Aliens are responable for the parents disappearents. after the kids have their fun they relise that life with out their parents is no fun so they devise a plain to get their parents back.
A boy genius in the making must come to the rescue when the towns parents are kidnapped by alien invaders planning to take over the planet. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Debi Derryberry Patrick Stewart Run time: 82 minutes Rating: G Director: John A. Davis
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