3.0
out of 100
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It's nimble, bright and funny. It doesn't dumb down. It doesn't patronize. It knows something about human nature.
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Does a great job of being in two places at once: In the head and gangly bodies of kids, and in the hearts of those of us who have survived grades 6-8.
It's a spry, fluffy comedy.
A likable movie for kids that will make adults chuckle as well because of the movie's key ingredient -- wit.
"Who wants to see a movie about a kid who's stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons?" Thanks to an endearing cast of characters and an energetic, if light, comic story, we do.
There is nothing wrong with the story itself, but the tone is grating and the pacing sluggish. Episodes that might be howlingly funny on the page turn weirdly gross and sadistic on screen.
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Kafka for kids.
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