This comic sci-fi adventure for tweens (roughly ages 8 to 12) sneaked into theaters last week, ducking an early critical smackdown. And, yes, it is a poor, cobbled-together effort -- derivative (see the recent PG-rated "Spy Kids" movies, for starters), incoherent in its narrative and labored in its... -
The Family Filmgoer
This comic sci-fi adventure for tweens (roughly ages 8 to 12) sneaked into theaters last week, ducking an early critical smackdown. And, yes, it is a poor, cobbled-together effort -- derivative (see the recent PG-rated "Spy Kids" movies, for starters), incoherent in its narrative and labored in its...-
By Jane Horwitz