Reviews & Ratings for
Spy Kids (2001)

Spy Kids is a film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. I remember sitting in the hall some 12 years ago watching the 3rd part of this franchise. That happened to be my first 3D film. So since I had no clue as to what I was watching that time, I didn't like the film that much. So I fortunately came across the first part which was being aired on TV a few days ago. And I can safely say that I didn't like it.

Plot: Carmen and Juni decide to take matters on their own hands when their parents who happen to be ex spies get kidnapped.

Story and direction: This film had quite a good story in its place. I can atleast give it credit for that. And its starts quite well. I was kind of engrossed in it. I felt like the flashback scene was to be the only over the top thing in this entire film. But then it happens to go on. I can understand when a film is being made for kids and we have to add some illogical sequences. BUt this film has a lot of them. And the VFX. Oh My God. How much green screen and so fake. Films before Spy kids had much better VFX. I know that the budget was very less. I always think when you can't do great VFX, just put that thing away. And the fight scenes are so wire-y. Almost every fight scene looked fake. This film kind of irritated me. Also we have a more over the top villain who stays in some CGI-ed castle. I would say that Danny Elfman was mostly the saving grace for this film because the score was quite enagaging.

Performances: Antonio Banderas was good. But he has done better than this. Carla Gugino was OK. The kids were great in their roles as most of the concentration was them and they did justice to what was given to them. Alan Cumming and Tony Shalhoub were so over the top that they became irritating over a point of time. Same goes to Teri Hatcher. Danny Trejo was a good addition to the film.

I can't actually mention any scene that would be my favorite.

Verdict: This film is for Kids only. If you are mature enough, you can quite avoid this venture.

I am going with a 5.5/10