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| Jimmy
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Jimmy
Neutron: Boy Genius
(Paramount Home Entertainment)
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Release Date:
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July
2, 2002
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Length:
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82 mins.
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| Rated:
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G
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Widescreen (1.85:1)
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Languages:
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English, French
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| Subtitles:
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English
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Making-Of
Featurette, 2 Music Videos, Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots, DVD-ROM
Interactive Games
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Jimmy Neutron is, as the title suggests, a Boy Genius. He is an
inventor of strange and wonderful gadgets that often impress his dad
and, equally as often, annoy his mother. Jimmy is bent on contacting
an alien life form so naturally he does what any other boy genius
would do - he builds his own rocket and communication satellite to
make contact.
Now wait - don't dismiss this film as fluff so fast. Not only is it an
enjoyable flick for the kids, but it also works well for adults. For
me, that's the sign of a good children's movie - how well it can
relate to both parents and kids. Jimmy Neutron manages to do both.
The funny campfire scene where the ghost story is a retelling of the
Blair Witch Project, was funny to parents, even though the kids didn't
understand it. They had a great time with the animation, which was
very well done and the detail was great. The burping scene had the
kids laughing pretty hard, and gave me a chuckle as well.
The alien race he contacts turns out to be an evil race and captures
all the parents in town. At first the kids love that their parents
aren't there, but they soon realize that they do need them. This sort
of sums up the morality of this movie - parents may be annoying at
times, but we really do need them.
The movie was voiced very nicely by the likes of Patrick Stewart and
Martin Short, as well as many others.
All around the movie was rather fun, good family fare.
The Special Features
The disk offers two options for viewing - full frame and widescreen.
Also included was an enhancement for 16:9 TVs. One nice option was
that the scene selection menu offered viewing in either wide or full
screen. While it became a little repetitious at times, it still was a
nice feature. The movie also contains the 5.1 Dolby Digital and 2
channel English and French track.
My kids favorite bonus materials are games and music videos. That's
why Shrek was such a big hit with my kids. However since we don't have
DVD ROM on our computer the kids couldn't play the games. However they
loved the music videos. Their favorite was "The Kids in
America", an old song given a little update by teens for the
movie. They are singing right along and loving it.
The disc also has some Nickelodeon teaser material, which was shown on
TV leading up to the movie release. This was a pretty good background
source for the start of the movie. It also has the trailers, and some
other promo spots that aren't related to the movie, but do give more
on the kids interactions and their relationships.
Easy to navigate, my kids were able to handle it as well. While I was
a little disappointed with the static scene selections the DVD, it was
still very user friendly.
Good Movie + Fun DVD = A winning combination every time.
| The Movie: |
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7.5/10 |
| The Extras: |
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7.5/10 |
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| Recommendation: |
One
For The Kid's Library |
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