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Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

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Reviews Counted:73

Fresh:54

Rotten:19

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: What Jimmy Neutron lacks in computer animation, it makes up for in charm and cleverness.

Runtime: 84 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS is a funny, silly, and colorfully animated children's film featuring Jimmy Neutron, the amazing wunderkind whose penchant for invention leads him to amazing adventures.... JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS is a funny, silly, and colorfully animated children's film featuring Jimmy Neutron, the amazing wunderkind whose penchant for invention leads him to amazing adventures. Jimmy has created all kinds of gadgets to make his life easier, including a robotic dog, Goddard, who follows him everywhere. Jimmy's dimwitted father is awed by the boy's abilities, but his no-nonsense mom just wants Jimmy to stay out of trouble. Jimmy and his friend, Carl, use a homemade spaceship to launch a satellite. The spaceship crashes, and things go downhill from there. Jimmy's satellite inadvertently beams a video of him with his parents to the planet Yolkus, and the egg-shaped aliens there decide that Jimmy's parents look good enough to eat. Soon, every parent in Retroland has been abducted, and Jimmy has to build a whole fleet of spaceships for his friends so they can rescue their folks. The film's animation is slick and the pace is lively. Especially funny are Patrick Stewart playing the Yolkian King Goobot, and Martin Short playing his right-hand egg, Ooblar. The soundtrack includes songs by Aaron Carter and Britney Spears. Kids, as well as parents, will really enjoy JIMMY NEUTRON's fun-filled, far-out ride. [More]

Starring: Debi Derryberry, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, Rob Paulsen

Starring: Debi Derryberry, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, Rob Paulsen, Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo, Andrea Martin, Laraine Newman

Director: John A. Davis

Director: John A. Davis
Screenwriter: John A. Davis, Steve Oedekerk, David N. Weiss, J. David Stern
Producer: John A. Davis, Albie Hecht, Steve Oedekerk
Composer: John Debney
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Rich Cline
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One of those movies that you watch when you've got nothing better to do, munching jelly babies and smiling at the exuberance on the screen

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As frothily entertaining as this caper is, it's unlikely to prove as popular with grown-ups as Shrek and the Toy Story movies.

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Like a rollicking adventure from the fevered boyhood imagination of Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes: the gooey aliens, the boy-genius gadgetry. Except with Jimmy it's real.

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08/22/04
Steven D. Greydanus
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...[an] engaging and entertaining animated feature.

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08/01/03
David Nusair
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The characters are comical and dynamic -- especially Jimmy, Carl and Sheen -- and the outer space scenes are no less than stellar.

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After seeing this don't be surprised if your toaster goes missing and Jimmy becomes a fixture on big and small screens for years to come.

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03/13/03
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03/10/03
Kimberly Jones
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...A serviceable piece of juvenile entertainment with high production values and low expectations.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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The story is slow in parts but as this is a Nickelodeon film, it is filled with all sorts of fun moments that children are sure to love.

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Gareth J. Von Kallenbach
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