If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Atrocious acting, wonky editing, a plot that forgot to take its Ritalin and a limited, repetitive soundtrack whose main theme almost plagiarizes the pirates of the Caribbean theme put this movie below bottom of the bargain bin standards. Though in fairness, it saddens me to see that the spoonful of mashed potatoes wasn't nominated in the 2004 Oscars, i know it's hard to make a spoon of lumpy potatoes cry, but hey, there's a feminine side to all of us. :(

Similar to "Spy Kids," this movie features 3 kids who are good at espionage, martial arts, hacking, and masterminding complicated plans. Most of their pranks, such as orchestrating a food fight at school, are harmless until they get involved in a plot to steal top-secret government files and so the movie is about them trying to recover the stolen information.Since it's every kid's (and a few adults) dream to be a secret agent, this movie will probably occupy its target audience fairly well. However, the acting was really bad, the character development was non-existent, and the special effects weren't very special for a 2005 movie. It's also entirely unbelievable, but I expected that.Basically, it just falls flat. It will not go down in history as a great movie, nor spin-off into a TV show, nor be the next "must buy" DVD. It just wasn't anything special. I did like the ending, though.So, if your expectations are low, and you just want a fun, family-friendly movie to occupy your 7-year-old, go for it. You'll enjoy it. But otherwise, I wouldn't recommend.

Robert Burke writes and directs MAX RULES. Max Brinkley(Andrew C. Maier)is a natural born leader. He is idolized by his classmates as he agitates and amazes school authorities. One cool dude and pretty darn smart. He lives with his Uncle Rick(William B. Davis), who is a government scientist and liberal and trusting enough to allow Max and his closest friends access to high-tech gadgets. Max and his pals create pranks and consider themselves educated spies. Their skills come in handy as they get involved in a real life case of espionage. Decently paced and is an adventure the whole family can watch together. Other players in the cast: Jennifer Lancheros, Derrick Cameron, Spenser Esau, Peter Balogh and James B. Winkler.

I loved the movie It was great it is a great film for all people from 1 to 90 years old, I highly recommend it and buy it when it comes out, it has many funny scenes and many funny kids like Drake Kemper, He adds comedy even though he only has a small role, and most of the movie was filmed 3 years ago, but they sold it and they needed 8 more minutes so it has some from 2001-2005, It is interesting how it turned out and it is quite funny, if you have kids, preteens, or like family films , please enjoy the filmSascha