| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...a squeaky clean, family-friendly comedy that merely sounds like an unreleased Cheech and Chong romp." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
"...returns a clever, cotton-candy-light self-parody to the superhero genre that's both effective and refreshing." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"...family-friendly and legitimately enjoyable Disney flick..." more... |
B |
Entertainment Weekly
Scott Brown |
"The flick is best in its bittier moments..." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Nicholas Schager |
"...a misguided movie in search of a suitable identity." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"This modest but winning comedy has fun with superheroes." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...like many movies, this one would have benefited from either a higher or a lower budget." more... |
C |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"This zippy Disney adventure-comedy asks that age-old question, 'Is there life after high school?,' and answers it with a cheerful 'Not really.'" more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...from a pure entertainment perspective, it is arguably the most enjoyable motion picture of the season." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...the film is so harmless, and the young actors try so hard, that it's difficult not to have some fun." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"The timid script spoofs rather than satirizes the absurdly overpopulated comic-book worlds that spawned it." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...it's clever to take the standard 'cool' and 'nerd' high school subcultures and transform them into 'heroes' and their 'sidekicks.'" more... |
B |
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