SPY KIDS 3-D : GAME OVER 2003

Critics score:
46 / 100

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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: The clever action and throwaway flights of fancy come close to making it worth the 3-D headache. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: No matter how shaky the acting gets or how threadbare the plot becomes, Spy Kids 3-D always gives you something wonderful to look at. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: [I]t's not really a movie, it's a video game that doesn't work. Read more

Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: While the visuals have gained a dimension, the story has lost one. Read more

Dave Kehr, New York Times: An enjoyable, noisy romp that trots out all the gimmicks that have made the format fun since its first brief crest of popularity in the early 1950's. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It's the gimmick that sells. This movie without 3-D would be three times more boring. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The film itself is practically a Saturday-matinee tribute to the Atari Hall of Fame -- from Tron to Q*bert -- and almost reproduces the druggy, hyperactive 2-D world of Nintendo. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A good example of complex Hollywood wizardry placed in the service of sharp, intelligent family entertainment. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The story is tedious, and the dialogue can sound hokey to adult ears. Read more

Denver Post: Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: It's The Matrix meets TRON meets Jimmy Neutron, with all the cheery (if not cheesy) evanescence of a Jolly Rancher commercial. I mean that as a compliment. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: A refreshing and imaginative sequel that's better than the original. Read more

Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Kids will adore this movie -- even more than the Harry Potter series. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: No one can say Spy Kids 3-D isn't clever in its usual gnomic fashion. But one gets the feeling that this time around, Rodriguez lets the gimmicks do most, if not all, of the work. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: IMAX this isn't. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: This one, which puts the viewer right inside the video game with Juni, is also fun, although not quite as endearing and surprising as the first two outings. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: I like the movie, but hate its presentation. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A flat and dreary disappointment. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Starts off with a burst of energy but becomes tedious midway through. Read more

Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: All gimmick and precious little cleverness. Read more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: While there's a certain rough charm to the handmade virtual reality world [Rodriguez] creates, the movie still has the undeniable drawback that it causes a headache. Read more

Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star: Rodriguez may have overreached his abilities with this film. Read more

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Claudia Puig, USA Today: This third installment follows up on the thrills and dazzling visuals that charmed audiences in the first film. Read more

Ann Donahue, Variety: Read more

Ed Park, Village Voice: Rodriguez's DIY monomania ... is laudable in theory, but in SK3D he may have unwittingly found a twin in the Toymaker, trapped in his own creation. Read more