Leigh Paatsch (24 May 2012)

Now then, what of the movie? Well, it stands a better chance of getting up your nose than crummy old AromaScope, that's for sure.

Philip French (24 May 2012)

It's much inferior to the earlier films, though kids will probably like it.

Michelle Orange (23 May 2012)

The rhythm is off, a predicament Rodriguez addresses with copious - nearly constant - excrement and evacuation humor, and sudden turns into wide-eyed sincerity.

veganluke (23 May 2012)

Robert Rodriguez caring about the kids!

I've always loved Robert Rodriguez for making Grindhouse films, andvery violent films and then making films that appeal to adults andchildren. Now if you go to this film thinking you're going to see thebest film of the year, then don't go to see this film. If you go tothis film knowing you're going to see a fun film then go and see it.This isn't as good as the other three films, but Robert Rodriguez hasstill made a good enough film. It's one that does appeal a lot tochildren, but it's still got the jokes in there for the adults. Thewhole Aroma-Scope thing is good, but some of the things all smelt thesame and you have to scratch quite a bit to get the actual smell. The3D in this was good, the scenes when there are action were good. RickyGervais as the dog is brilliant and he gets most of the laughs in thefilm, just from some of the lines he says. There's a lot of poop andfart jokes in there, but I guess they are to make the kids laugh. Notthe best Spy Kids film yet, not as good as the first three, but stillone that I did enjoy! And there's a hint of Spy Kids 5, but we willjust have to wait and see what happens.

RichardSRussell-1 (23 May 2012)

I Hate You, Stepmom! Really Resent You. Can't Stand You. And Some Spy Stuff Thrown In.

Spy Kids [4]: All the Time in the World in 4D (1:29, PG, 3-D) — SF, 3rdstring, sequelRobert Rodriguez seriously needs to set 4 = end for this series. It'slost any zip it may once have had.The plot make Inspector Gadget look like Dostoyevsky, and the kidactors (Rowan Blanchard as Rebecca Wilson and Mason Cook as herhearing-impaired younger brother Cecil) are either painfully inept,badly directed (by Rodriguez), or both. Jessica Alba plays theirstepmother Marissa, a retired spy, and the script totally beats todeath the idea that Rebecca has never accepted her and continues toresent her, despite Marissa's plaintive overtures. Really, when I saythey beat this theme to death, it's almost as if that was the primaryplot of the movie, instead of what I guess was intended as a fun-filledromp with gadgets, talking robot dogs, a mad scientist, and Beagle Boyhenchthugs.Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara return as the now young-adult alumni spiesfrom the previous movies. Corny dialog, preposterously cheap specialeffects, bright colors, blatantly badly choreographed fight scenes, andmany other wink-wink-nudge-nudge, "see how you're in on the joke"corner cuts also make a return engagement, but it's as if everyoneinvolved had been thru them a thousand times before, and the result islike overcooked celery: It just lies there, limp, soggy, andunappetizing.I write my reviews for adults, who should definitely, absolutely stayaway from this turkey, but I can't imagine that kids of any age wouldfind it interesting or exciting, either.The 3-D was a post-production conversion hatchet job, probably theworst I've ever seen, and if for some reason you feel compelled to seeit despite the above warnings, for heaven's sake save your money andsee it in 2-D instead.Oh, the 4th D in the title? It's supposed to be for Aroma-Scope, an8-spot scratch-and-sniff card that apparently was distributed in sometheaters so you could snuffle along with the story. I noticed that 1numbered star flashed on screen (the "scratch now" cue) in company ofthe line "Never underestimate the power of puke.", and I was gratefulthat my theater hadn't provided me with the full 4D experience.Why does it get a 2 instead of a 1? I did allude to Jessica Alba,right? Did I fail to mention the black-leather jumpsuit?

Cynthia Fuchs (22 May 2012)

The stars of the old Spy Kids movies are no longer kids, of course. Spy Kids 3D: Game Over was released way back in 2003.

Henry Fitzherbert (21 May 2012)

Robert Rodriquez delivers another irritating Spy Kids movie, Spy Kids: All The Time In The World in 4D, with the redundant gimmick of scratch and sniff cards, designed to reveal on-screen aromas. Well, I didn't smell turkey. In fact, I smelt nothing.

Roz Laws (21 May 2012)

Kids will be mildly amused by it.

kjm92 (20 May 2012)

It's a kids movie after all...

I don't think this was a bad film, granted it wasn't a good film butfor me I couldn't help relate it back to the original movies and inthat sense I think it did well, it didn't stray too far from theoriginal plot lines and I liked that because I was afraid after allthese years it would have changed completely.So many of these reviews rate it as "cheep and crappy", well it'sdefinitely cheap, the graphics are pretty much exactly the same as theoriginal films and its not going to win any awards for being abrilliant flick but the movie wasn't made for YOU, it was made for thekids.I think as a kids movie, or family movie, it does well and I believethe children will love it just as I loved the originals when I wasyounger. Yes the plot is cliché and predictable but to a kid it's awhole other world where they can be a hero without growing up.

David Edwards (20 May 2012)

A kids' flick that's big on eye candy but which has a plot even youngsters will find wearingly familiar.

Roger Moore (19 May 2012)

Rodriguez only needs the script to take us from one gimmick to the next, and his lack of attention to it shows.

Simon Reynolds (19 May 2012)

Rodriguez directs the movie with his trademark kineticism, but a flimsy and uninventive script means there's little investment in the characters or their actions.

Nigel Andrews (19 May 2012)

Spy Kids - All the Time in the World is in four dimensions - the extra one being smell - and I hated the lot.

kosmasp (18 May 2012)

Smell it

The movie tries something that hadn't been done for a long time. Ittries to reach out and tickle the one sense that isn't being reachedout to: smell. The fact that you have to scratch a number on a piece ofpaper you get, every time it appears on screen, can be a pain though.Still kudos for trying something.That won't help with the story, that is too easy to see and guess forany adult. But they are not the main audience for this movie. This isaimed mostly at kids. They might kinda like it. It's not as bad forthem and if you watch it with them, you might enjoy it because of that.I'm not sure if they will include "smell" cards for the DVD/Blu ray ...and how long the smell lasts. Apart from the gimmick there is not thatmuch more there.

Keith Staskiewicz (18 May 2012)

Would have been better titled Spy Kids: All the Time Puns in the World.

Tahlia Timms (17 May 2012)

Not expected

As a 19 year old girl, growing up with spy kids 1, 2 & 3 was one of thebest things about being a child, believing in the movie and thecharacters, the hidden truths that it lead to, but seeing spy kids 4Dwas absolutely devastating, not to mention such a let down. To have anamazing sequel of movies with the same characters over time such asharry potter and then saying for the last film, you know time for achange let's put in different characters, destroys the movies before.Spy kids 1, 2 & 3 were great movies for all kids, adults, and familiesto enjoy, but spy kids 4 was nothing, had poor comedy, not much of astory line, a spy mum, new characters, was a waste of time and money.The movie felt about 10 minutes long and not planned just put together.A talking dog.. well adleast he was British still didn't make thematters any worse. Despite juni and carmen being older now, if theystill managed to be in it why not base it around them again and stillhave the ending with new kids spy kids unit.There were a few positives such as having the original charactersappear also there were some great quotes towards the end about family,which stood out, but with the use of the actual film, the quotesweren't recognized for what they were.Hopefully if there is a spy kids 5, there is more effort put in, but itwon't ever be the same now, especially knowing what happens, spy kidsis officially done.Unfortunetely the movie was awful, and despite wanting to rate it moreit was about a 1 out of 10, when compared to spy kids 1, 2 & 3.

Sara Maria Vizcarrondo (16 May 2012)

In Spy Kids 4, women are warriors and men freely cry about their fathers, and it's this inversion that made me love the movie a little bit extra.

Linda Barnard (16 May 2012)

A pleasant time-waster kids will love with a pro-family togetherness message parents can appreciate...

Tim Evans (16 May 2012)

This is a shoddy affair with anodyne first-timers Blanchard and Cook almost as annoying as Ricky Gervais's phoned-in voiceover of an animatronic terrier with a poop obsession.

capone666 (15 May 2012)

The Vidiot Reviews...

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4DWhen you've got two active adolescent agents in your home, you've gotto ensure you have plenty of Flintstones Cyanide Pills on hand.Fortunately, the step mom in this family adventure is anex-intelligencer.Trading in her cloak and dagger for diapers, femme fatale turnedhousewife Marissa (Jessica Alba) is called back into action after thevillainous Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) begins to steal time.But when the Timekeeper targets her stepchildren (Rowan Blanchard,Mason Cook), Marissa must divulge her past, which ultimately leads totheir tutelage under a former Spy Kid (Alexa Vega).Now, the new recruits and their robot dog (Ricky Gervais) must stop theTimekeeper before it's too late.The fourth installment of the Spy Kids franchise, All the Time in theWorld is a fart infused, infantile, chroma keyed atrocity. Besides, as an undercover child agent, wouldn't most of yourassignments involve you luring in online predators? (Red Light)