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Family-oriented comedy "Zoom" has the right cast. Tim Allen is a retired, washed-up ex-superhero who is given a mission to train a group of misfit kids with special ability. The trainees are played by Spencer Breslin, Kate Mara, Michael Cassidy and Ryan Newman. The film also has decent production designs, and is supported by the veterans like Rip Torn and Chevy Chase. So far, everything is great. Well, it might not be great exactly, but you can at least expect a decent family picture like "Sky High."
However, the film is helmed by a wrong director, Peter Hewitt, whose previous works include first "Garfield" movie and "Thunderpants" (just in case you haven't seen it, the latter is a one-joke film about a farting boy). For all the charms and the talent of the cast, and the characters' likable nature, those would-be superheroes/heroines becoming transparent or making the body and limbs bigger like rubber ball, have already been done in "The Incredibles" or other films of the same genre. With some wit or twists added, those characters would have been more interesting. As it is, they remain just OK with the lazy direction and very familiar sight gags.
The film's weak script, which does not explain convincingly why these kids must be brought together and trained like this, is already a problem. But the saddest thing is, for me, watching Chevy Chase covered with greenish sticky slime coming out of a boy's nose. It's a worse kind of gag than pie-throwing.
I like Tim Allen, but it makes me sad to see his recent films like this and "The Shaggy Dog." The film is not as bad as the very low user rating of IMDb suggests and the father-daughter-like relations between him and Ryan Newman is credible, but except that (and cute Ryan Newman) I cannot think of the reason why this film had to be made.
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My son loves this movie. It's definately not brain food, but he watches it through, writes "zoom" every chance he gets, and organizes his friends to be the characters from the movie. What more can you ask for from a kids' movie? If you have a young kid who likes superheroes, this is perfect.
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We loved this movie. Not because it was great, but because it made us laugh. It's certainly not a cinematic masterpiece, but it's cheesy and we dig that. We didn't take it as even trying to be a serious "comic book" movie. Of course we are not avid comic bookers, nor had any of us even heard of the book that this was adapted from. I thought it was supposed to kind of be a spoof on superhero movies
All in all maybe what sold me was Cindy Collins. As the mother of a 6 year old, who has a wide aray of costumes for every occasion, her character cracked me up.
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funny- but did have some slow parts. Great movie for kids younger than 14 Tim Allen looks great.
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What a stinker. I fully understand why it went almost immediately to video-PPPPeeeee UUUUuuuuuuu!
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