Better Late Then Never

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Every now and again if you're lucky to be in the right locale at the right time of the day, your fortune is to be entertained by American flickers that reveal characteristics and story lines that smack American. This flicker is definitely one of those gems. My mum and pop always bring us to the states for holiday tours during our torrid summers to deliver us a break from the torrential downpours in GB.Sadly, it has been storming here in Orlando Florida for weeks. So my new good friend Raven, suggests we watch a flicker that she viewed several years ago. This flicker. I remembered viewing this flicker years ago in GB, whilst I was a tad and now again, that I am a tween. The scout in the main role was very cute and I am sure quite cute to this day. We thoroughly honked during the villainous motorcycle group was on the screen. All in all this entertaining flicker proved to be very cheery.

My husband and I rented the movie after reading a few reviews suggesting that it was "Kid-Friendly" and it was. The characters (bikers) are all goofy and fun, except for the main biker. The Scouts were all very cute and funny and it looked like they had a lot of fun making the movie.Most children's movies almost always have moments where you hope that your kid didn't understand the dialogue or the innuendo, but this movie didn't have any of those.We would rate this movie as safe for 5 and older. younger kids might probably wouldn't understand it but there's a couple moments when the main biker slaps the step-father in the movie and ties-up the his ex-wife and step-father.Other than that, our children seemed to enjoy it.

OK, first off ... I'm only reviewing this because it had a rating of 7.9, with 2 "10/10" reviews, one of them written by someone who hadn't even watched it yet! In other words, this movie has been pumped up by shill reviewers, and I don't approve.The movie premise is simple enough, the main kid actor is cute, and sure it's fun to see our pro athlete friends have fun on screen, but it's a "C" movie at best.2 or 3 songs are used repeatedly throughout the movie as background, probably from the low-cost stock music libraries, and I don't think there was an acting coach anywhere in sight.I enjoyed the thug who could only grunt. When he finally spoke Spanish in one scene, I noticed! Then he slipped back to the grunts ... much like "Eddie" the hyena from the Lion King.My "laugh out loud" moment was when the kids threw the cameo net on the thug in the pool, and HE PULLED IT OVER HIMSELF WHILE THE CAMERA WAS ON HIM :) This movie should have a 3.1 IMDb rating at best.

I read several reviews that included this chaps name James Fitzpatrick, so I thought I would slip-on over to Netflix and view his children's film Production, The Adventure Scouts, which the chap wrote-produced-directed...and I found his tale of family and friendship, just as inspirational as the handicapped dolphin Winter, with a bit more humor, mind you.Mr Fitzpatrick once again portrayed the paternal character in the film, yet with a bit more tongue and cheek involved and performed the role with an ease. It appears that several other actors have appeared in numerous Productions with Mr Fitzpatrick. Actors Corbin Timbrook and Jodi Knotts, specifically. I am guessing peers and/or cohorts.All in all, I enjoyed the flicker.