Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The World
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).
- Director:
- Robert Rodriguez ('Machete', 'Planet Terror', 'Sin City', 'Desperado', 'Spy Kids')
- Writer:
- Robert Rodriguez
- Cast:
- Jessica AlbaJoel McHaleAlexa VegaDaryl SabaraRowan BlanchardMason CookRicky GervaisJeremy Piven
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Andrew Hedley
flicksThe 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.
"Provide your babysitter with blind folds and ear mufflers."
Well this is definitely a movie some kits under the age of eight may like bud at the same time it is a film that will make anybody over the age of 10 throw up. Remember you can't let them go by themselves. Solution: "Provide your babysitter with blind folds and ear mufflers."
Village Voice
pressBetween its lame slapstick and bevy of odors this Spy Kids manages to both figuratively and literally stink.
Time Out
pressLimps into its fourth installment with shiny CGI and frequent fart jokes to hold the attention spans of the underage and undemanding.
The New York Times
pressVisually 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.
The Guardian
pressIt's much inferior to the earlier films, though kids will probably like it.
Los Angeles Times
pressThis 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.
Independent
pressPointless 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.
Flicks, Andrew Hedley
flicksThe 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.
Village Voice
pressBetween its lame slapstick and bevy of odors this Spy Kids manages to both figuratively and literally stink.
Time Out
pressLimps into its fourth installment with shiny CGI and frequent fart jokes to hold the attention spans of the underage and undemanding.
The New York Times
pressVisually 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.
The Guardian
pressIt's much inferior to the earlier films, though kids will probably like it.
Los Angeles Times
pressThis 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.
Independent
pressPointless 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.
"Provide your babysitter with blind folds and ear mufflers."
Well this is definitely a movie some kits under the age of eight may like bud at the same time it is a film that will make anybody over the age of 10 throw up. Remember you can't let them go by themselves. Solution: "Provide your babysitter with blind folds and ear mufflers."
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