Spy Kids: All the Time In the World
** (out of four)
Starring Jessica Alba, Joel Mchale, Mason Cook, Jeremy Piven and Rowan Blanchard. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Approximately 89 minutes. Playing at major theaters. Rated PG.
It's been 8 years since the last installment in the Spy Kids movie series, written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Now, in 2011, the fourth Spy Kids movie, ``Spy Kids: All the Time In the World'' has been released. Not only is it being shown in 3D, Scratch-and-Sniff cards are being given out to those who see the movie.
I didn't see ``Spy Kids: All the Time In the World'' in 3D. When I saw it, I was given a Scratch-and-Sniff card, but I didn't use it. I think it's a stupid sounding concept, but some might like it.
In the movie, retired spy Marissa Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba) is trying to live a normal life with her husband (Joel Mchale), her two step-kids (Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook) and her baby. However, Marissa is forced to get back into the spy game to stop the evil Timekeeper who is trying to steal time from the whole world. Also helping to try and stop the Timekeeper are Marissa's step-kids.
``Spy Kids: All the Time In the World'' isn't a very good movie. A lot of jokes don't work and it gets mushy and stupid when the movie tries to explain the importance of family time. I mean, I know family time is important, but the movie did a bad job of explaining it in my opinion.
Still, I am giving the movie two stars because the special effects in the movie are cool in a silly and fun sort of way. Also, I did laugh at a couple of the lines delivered from Ricky Gervais voicing a talking robot dog named Argonaut. Also, little kids might like it because when I went to see it, little kids were laughing. However, if you're not a little kid, you probably won't like this movie.
