Hi everyone. I joined Ciao in the early days and, now I'm back, am delighted to see it's still the s...
Hi everyone. I joined Ciao in the early days and, now I'm back, am delighted to see it's still the same great community. Spellings seem to have got worse though!
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Parents with very sensitive children need to be aware that there are sad parts in this film. Surprisingly sad. It concentrates a lot on the fact that Chuckie (the red-headed, scared kid) doesn’t have a mother. It turns out that she died when he was a baby. We are treated to a distressed-looking Chuckie watching a mothers-and-children dance, followed by him and his father looking at photographs of his mother. Chuckie wants a new mum – a “Mum who will last forever”, they even do a heart-wrenching song about it.
The rest of the film cheers up as it concentrates on the adventures of him and the rest of the Rugrats in finding him a new mother. I feel they dwelled on his lack of a mother rather too much. At one point the Rugrats are on an aeroplane and Chuckie sees his mother’s face in the clouds. There are a couple of children I know who would have left the cinema in tears at this point.
The rest of the film was classic Rugrats, though. As in the first movie, this was mainly about the babies, with the adults playing only supporting roles.
My children liked one part in particular – where Chuckie was dreaming that he was a ninja. Isn’t it funny that the most boring bits for adults tend to be the most interesting ones for children?
They also liked the end, where the ‘baddie’ lost the back of her dress and her underwear was on show. They have since been singing the rhyme that one of the characters quoted, “I’ve seen Paris, I’ve seen France, I’ve seen Coco’s underpants”.
The other bit that caused a lot of laughter was where there is a close-up of Spike, the Rugrats’ dog, relieving himself on what looks like a wall. The camera pans out and you realise the wall is actually the Eiffel Tower. An American political statement, no doubt.
I particularly liked the parts with Spike. Spike meets a French poodle and there is a spoof ‘Lady & the Tramp’ scene, which is very funny. We see them in silhouette at one point, leaning closely together. When they try to pull apart, they are stuck together with leftover food.
Angelica, the one everyone loves to hate, plays her usual ‘resident meanie’ role, and Dill is getting slightly less self-obsessed and easier to like. He calls Angelica “Yucky”. When he realises that Angelica has been the cause of all the trouble in the movie (without which there wouldn’t have been a movie), he cries, “Bad Yucky, bad!”. I’m warming towards that kid.
The cartoon’s usual cast (of voices) appear in the movie, together with a few stars – Debbie Reynolds plays Lulu, Grandpa’s new wife; Susan Sarandon is Coco, the baddie; John Lithgow plays Jean-Claude, Coco’s sidekick.
The soundtrack is surprisingly good – my children’s favourite being “Who let the dogs out?” – which we have all been singing ever since we saw this movie.
There are, as always, some good one-liners: On a visit to Notre Dame cathedral, Phil & Lil’s mother, Betty, says, “Seen one church, seen ‘em all. Wake me if you spot a hunchback.”
Overall, this is a wonderful family film but not recommended for highly sensitive children.
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Rugrats are truly the king of cartoon films and they are so funny aswell. I loved the first Rugrats film and had me in stitches. For those wondering how old i am - i am only 5....ok im 18! and i love rugrats yay :D hehe Thanks good op TYoung
Paiceyjohn 07.06.2001 15:11
How about a sensitive grown up who still thinks he's a child?!
womble 04.06.2001 06:17
I haven't seen this film so perhaps can't comment properly, but as someone whose mother died when I was very young, I don't know, I think I would have loved a film like this to come out when I was a child so I wouldn't have felt like such a freak (yes, I was told by teachers not to tell other children because it 'might upset them'). Obviously, I'm coming at this from a different angle but I think it's good that children are introduced to these kinds of subjects, because death happens, I mean, you know, I was a sensitive child too!!! ;) Noone warned me what was going to happen, but that's life for you.. gosh, I'm sorry, I don't mean to come across bitter and twisted, because really I'm not!!! Good review though!!!
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Advantages: wonderfully told story that'll be a gem on video Disadvantages: woefully short on screen, and still has that "TV" feel of an episode.. you can just hear the tie ins coming...
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