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Latino Review
Robert Rodriguez is a wizard of modern cinema. His Spy Kids franchise is family friendly, entertaining, and remarkably original. I really liked Spy Kids 3D in the theater and was looking forward to the DVD. The big question, would the 3D FX look good on ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Latino Review
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The nuttiest big-screen video game you'll ever have the pleasure of seeing somebody else play. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) is brought back out of retirement in order to save his sister Carmen(Alexa Vega), whoâs stuck in a video game thatâs actually an evil plot by a fiend calling himself the Toymaker (Sylvester Stallone), to destroy the youth ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Nitrate Online (KJ Doughton and Dan Lybarger)
His detractors might dismiss Rodriguez for making only popcorn flicks, but he canât be labeled as a hack because his movies have a contagious passion thatâs missing from similar mainstream movies. For example, Agent Cody Banks was made in Hollywood ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Nitrate Online (KJ Doughton and Dan Lybarger)
The Movie Chicks
Carmen (Alexa Vega) is trapped inside a video game, created by the notorious Toymaker and his 3 alter egos (all played by Sylvester Stallone) to be a secret mind-control game. The only person that can save her is her brother Juni (Daryl Sabara), but he ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Movie Chicks
Daily-Reviews.com (Dennis Prince)
filmcritic.com (Blake French)
Companies have created a number of brain-numbing devices to milk the susceptible wallets of adolescents in recent years. From Playstation to GameCube to Xbox, it seems as if the companies are always releasing new video game systems, only pausing to ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at filmcritic.com (Blake French)
DVDActive (Brian Kelley)
Depending on who you are, it is going to be either good or bad that the above paragraph explains just about the entire plot. The movieâs script is mainly a springboard for what are, admittedly, some amazing visual sequences (the lava scene in ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at DVDActive (Brian Kelley)
Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)
"Family is important, Juni," Gertie Giggles agrees. "Just remember⦠everyone is family."
Juniâs forehead wrinkles. "That doesnât make any sense," he protests doubtfully.
If Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over were consistent, that protest would become ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Decent Films - faith on film (Steven D. Greydanus)
Reel Movie Critic (Demetrius Payne)
I guess kids the age of the movie's stars will enjoy this movie more than the parents who take them, & consequently have to spend about half of the movie with those red & blue glasses on their faces getting a headache, but overall the story was weak. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Reel Movie Critic (Demetrius Payne)
Houston Chronicle
The pint-size heroes of Spy Kids, the 2001 hit that launched a franchise, aren't so pint-size anymore. If writer-director Robert Rodriguez continued the series, they'd have to be called Spy Teens pretty soon.
Rodriguez promises, however, that Spy Kids ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Houston Chronicle
Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
For reasons not really explained, Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) has left the OSS in disgust, and has begun a life as a pre-teen private eye. When an evil inventor known as âThe Toymakerâ (Sylvester Stallone, good-natured and funny) is about to unleash ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
A good example of complex Hollywood wizardry placed in the service of sharp, intelligent family entertainment. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (Fl.) (Jeff Farance)
LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
One of the best part 3's ever made, and Rodriguez's knack for concocting the most imaginatively deranged children's entertainments since "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" remains unassailed. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
A good example of complex Hollywood wizardry placed in the service of sharp, intelligent family entertainment. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Filled with video-game in-jokes, Spy Kids 3 comes roaring to life in action scenes based on different gaming genres, each of which takes full advantage of the 3-D effects. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Film Monthly (Laura Abraham)
All films should be in 3-D. Not only do they make the audience move in their seats and younger children try to touch the objects coming towards them (which is too cute for words!), they have cool accessories. The cheap little 3D glasses that I am now ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Film Monthly (Laura Abraham)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
A Technicolor dream come true for 10-year -old film -goers. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
filmcritic.com
Companies have created a number of brain-numbing devices to milk the susceptible wallets of adolescents in recent years. From Playstation to GameCube to Xbox, it seems as if the companies are always releasing new video game systems, only pausing to ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at filmcritic.com
The Boston Phoenix
Robert Rodriguez has a soft spot for cheesy special effects. Spy Kids 2 was a tribute to Ray Harryhausen, and this latest installment honors another B-movie classic, 3-D. This means that for most of the movie you have to wear uncomfortable cardboard ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Boston Phoenix
Filmjudge Review
And that's all this film is supposed to be -- sure, it salutes Tron, perhaps a dozen video games, and references everything else from King Kong to Wrath of Khan, but really all Rodriguez seems to want to do is bring the audience, especially the kids, on ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Filmjudge Review
Hollywood Jesus Visual Reviews
On their most mind-blowing mission yet, the Spy Kids are about to enter an entirely new dimension: the third dimension. In "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over", state-of-the-art digital 3D technology puts something special into special effects action for the whole ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Hollywood Jesus Visual Reviews
Reel.com (Sarah Chauncey)
There's been a great deal of anticipation leading up to Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. The first two films were smart, funny, and did remarkably well, appearing to set up an unstoppable franchise. Add in "name" actors like Antonio Banderas, Tony Shalhoub, ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Reel.com (Sarah Chauncey)
MovieEye.com (Gareth Von Kallenbach)
Once Juni enters the game world. The majority of the film is in 3-D and has some nice sequences such as a robot arena and a race sequence that gives nods to those in "Tron" and "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace". While visually interesting, many of the ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at MovieEye.com (Gareth Von Kallenbach)
TheBoxSet.com - Complete Movie/DVD Review
A fan of the first Spy Kids film I was extremely disappointed with Spy Kids 2 and less than thrilled with Spy Kids 3 â although my eight year old son professes Spy Kids 3 to be a lot better than 2! The story begins with Juni (Daryl Sabara) retired from ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at TheBoxSet.com - Complete Movie/DVD Review
kids-in-mind
3-D glasses are required to watch the action sequences in this "Spy Kids" installment, which plays like a video game. Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) is summoned back to the O.S.S. after having resigned his position as an agent. His sister Carmen (Alexa Vega) ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at kids-in-mind
Haro Online
Robert Rodriguez's wonderful Spy Kids movie franchise comes to an end on a low note with Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. He decided to end it while the kids still looked like kids. Its success ensures a continuation of some sort, most likely as a cartoon. Spy ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Haro Online
Entertainment Zone Review (Michelle Snow)
Supposedly the last in the phenomenally successful Spy Kids series, this movie centers on the youngest Cortez, Juni [Sabara]. Juni has retired from the spy business to pursue a career as a private eye. He then gets word that his sister, Carmen [Vega], is ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Entertainment Zone Review (Michelle Snow)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
There was really never a need for a third film in the series, and that's confirmed by the actual third film itself, a disappointing finale to an otherwise terrific trilogy of films. Juni (Daryl Sabara) has retired from the OSS kids spy agency, chosing to ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Crosswalk.com Movies (Holly McClure)
This time the action takes place in the virtual reality world of a video game. When Carmen Cortez (Vega) is trapped inside a video game, it's up to Juni (Sabara) to use his head and get her out. It appears the power hungry "Toymaker" (Stallone) has a ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Crosswalk.com Movies (Holly McClure)
Entertain Your Brain! - Review
Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming), the villain of the first movie, introduces us to this new story by giving us instructions on how the 3-D glasses work. You are instructed to put them on any time a major character put their glasses on (actually, you donât ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Entertain Your Brain! - Review
DVD Verdict (Eric Profancik)
Juni Cortez, now retired from the OSS, is working around town as a private investigator. He's taking little cases to make some money so that he can purchase the greatest videogame ever, "Game Over." But just as he's ready to buy this game, the OSS drags ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at DVD Verdict (Eric Profancik)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" is not part of a new genre based on video games. It only feels that way.
"SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER"
RATING: PG for action sequences and peril.
STARRING: Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Ricardo Montalban, Sylvester ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
MovieEye.com (David Litton)
If this all sounds pretty thin, it's nothing compared to actually watching the movie itself, which is nothing more than a series of action sequences strung together by plot twists and elements that provide for lots of objects that move around to take ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at MovieEye.com (David Litton)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
My daughters, and fellow critics, have anxiously awaited the release of Spy Kids 3D:Game Over, and I must confess to certain anxiety myself, you know, the feeling of imprisonment while being forced to watch a low budget, at best C grade movie for what ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Jam! Movies
Through his Spy Kids adventure flicks, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has created a franchise that plays straight to the hearts of its preteen fans.
His junior spies Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara) Cortez are every bit as resourceful and ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Jam! Movies
Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Any children's movie so giddily entertaining and inventive can be forgiven for occasional lapses in logic, plotting and acting that may perturb adult viewers. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Peter Sobczynski
Back in the 1950âs, when the movie studios were being threatened by the behemoth known as television, they attempted to lure audiences into theaters with bells and whistles that they simply couldnât get at home. Moviegoers were inundated with such ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Peter Sobczynski
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Don't go unless you're in a good mood and you want to re-live a silly movie technique from your childhood. In the right frame of mind, this movie can be a blast. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Moda Magazine (Katherine Brodsky)
Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Once again, multitasking mad dad Robert Rodriguez has served up the most inventive sequel of the summer. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Wwhhaatt aa rruusshh...... Hey! Put on your 3-D glasses, unless you want to read double. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Under-age agents Juni and Carmen Cortez set out on their most mind-blowing mission yet: journeying inside the virtual reality world of a 3-D video game designed to outsmart them, as the awe-inspiring . ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Big sister Carmen is stuck in a virtual reality game and her younger brother, Juni, goes in after her. Once Juni is inside the game the audience is instructed to put on their glasses. The audience is then transported to a virtual 3D world. The director ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
This fast, fun-filled family film will literally reach out and grab you! ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
Boston Globe
''Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over'' should be remembered as the installment where Sylvester Stallone acts with three of himself. After all, this is the summer in which beached movie stars get a push back into the water with help from villainous parts. But ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Boston Globe
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...something between `Tron' and `The Matrix,' though with a cheery warmth in place of the chilly dysphoria. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
FilmStew.com DVD review (Larry Carroll)
Although it was generally consi~dered to be the weakest of the series at the time of its release, the third Spy Kids instal~lment is well worth re-disco~vering on DVD. Director Robert Rodriguez undertook the last installment of his trilogy with a ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at FilmStew.com DVD review (Larry Carroll)
JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
Spy Kids 3-D picks up a few months after the events of Spy Kids 2. Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) has left the OSS and has struck out on his own as a private detective. (The movie is very vague as to why Juni left the OSS and it doesn't really gel with the ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at JackassCritics.com (Mike Long)
St. Petersburg Times (Steve Persall)
Hands down, the worst movie of 2003 is Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, a movie so awful that those headaches spurred by the film's shoddy optics effects seem minor by comparison. I had a kidney stone attack during a screening of Newsies 11 years ago and didn't ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at St. Petersburg Times (Steve Persall)
The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)
For a brief stretch in the early '80s, franchises seemed almost obligated to release their third installments in 3-D, from the thrusting machetes of Friday The 13th Part 3: 3-D to the so-real-you-can-almost-touch-the-sweat-on-Louis Gossett Jr.'s-head ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Who needs kids when the child inside us all can be reincarnated by a filmmaker like Robert Rodriguez, who has somehow managed to crank out and release a spectacular trilogy of imagination in a mere three years ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Rodriguez manages to work in some nicely cornball messages (family togetherness and forgiveness is good, Stallone doing comedy is bad) and theatergoers get to walk out with their very own way-cool cardboard anaglyphic eyeglasses. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Amid the razzle-dazzle, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is sweetly inspiring. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
It's ''The Matrix'' meets ''TRON'' meets ''Jimmy Neutron,'' with all the cheery (if not cheesy) evanescence of a Jolly Rancher commercial. I mean that as a compliment. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
In a summer in which every blockbuster is zealous to be a video game, Rodriguez, with a wink, has produced his own. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Even without the 3-D, set pieces such as a high-octane race and a faceoff between two giant robots would be surefire adrenaline rushes. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Movie Habit (Rise Keller)
eFilmCritic.com (James E. Laczkowski)
Not a spectacular entry into the trilogy, but the final showdown is a real hoot. Rodriguez's style is infectious and his flair and energy never falter. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at eFilmCritic.com (James E. Laczkowski)
Michael Dequina
As far as shameless gimmicks go, though, the 3-D in _Game_Over_ is not only well-executed but organically integrated into the story. The setting for most of the film is the virtual reality world of a deadly video game, where young OSS operative Carmen ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Michael Dequina
Bullz-Eye.com
Rodriquez doesn't incorporate the 3-D aspect of the film until Juni enters the video game, but after that, the glasses pretty much stay put. With every sequel, though, comes many problems, none of which I found particularly disturbing in "Spy Kids 3-D," ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
If Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is, in fact, the end of the Spy Kids movies, it's just about the most anti-climactic end to a series ever. Where the first two films were fun and enjoyable, Spy Kids 3-D is overbearing and obnoxious. The film makes the fatal ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
DigitalVD.de (Oliver Anter)
Mit âMission 3-Dâ schlieÃt Robert Rodriguez seine Trilogie über die Kinder Spione ab. Während die Filme in den USA durchaus erfolgreich in den Kinos liefen, war der Erfolg hierzulande eher gering. Game Over â so lautet der Name des neusten ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at DigitalVD.de (Oliver Anter)
MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
First of all, I think the title overdoes it a bit. The 3-D part only works in theaters. Video is not compatible with that technology and even with glasses the 3-D looks weak. Well, video is compatible, but quality is not good.
I'm a fan of the ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Even though it isn't anything near the surprise treat of the first two Spy Kids films, the third time around isn't especially bad. The removal of Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino is a bit disappointing, but the kids do fine carrying the film on thier ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Virtually none of the wit and visual inventiveness that Robert Rodriguez showed in parts one and two are in evidence here. Sure, there's a giant computer-generated cream pie lobbed defensively at one point, but other than that what we have here is a ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Latino Review
Once again the world is in grave danger and once again Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) is called upon to save the day. The filmâs moral is told to Juni early in the film as he learns that âEveryone is Familyâ, but family is exactly what is missing from ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Latino Review
Movie Habit (Rise Keller)
At age 11, Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) is a disaffected former government secret agent who has decided to go into business for himself as a private investigator (a real gumshoe, he says, a puddle of gum between his shoe and the pavement). Heâs solving ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Movie Habit (Rise Keller)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
The merrily surreal Spy Kids 3-D pits siblings Juni and Carmen Cortez (pip-squeaks-no-more Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega) against a maniacal villain bent on world domination. (Is there any other kind?) This would be Sylvester Stallone, suited up in ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
TeenHollywood.com (Lynn Barker)
The Cortez family is back but this time, put on your weird 3-D glasses and watch them in cyber-space as they prevent another wild mogul from taking over the world in Spy kids 3-D. This time, the main action finds Juni (Daryl Sabara) working as a private ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at TeenHollywood.com (Lynn Barker)
The Hindu
THIS THIRD instalment of a popular kids movie is a fun ride, entertaining kids and parents alike. Robert Rodriguez who has written, edited, directed, wielded the camera, supervised the special effects and produced the film has, without a doubt, made a ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Hindu
3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) decided he no longer wanted to be a Spy Kid; he hung up his OCC ID and went into business for himself as a small-time gumshoe. But just when he thought he was out, they pull him back in...when OSS Agents Cesca (Salma Hayek) and ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at 3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
The Phantom Tollbooth
3-D movies grew out Hollywood's fear of television. Realizing that television might replace cinema as America's dominant entertainment form, Hollywood strove to find ways to distinguish itself from the small box in people's living rooms. Unfortunately, ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
The Trades (Jim Pappas)
This time the mission is for Juni to rescue his sister, Carmen (Alexa Vega), from the clutches of the evil Toymaker, played by Sylvester Stallone, who has imprisoned her mind within his virtual reality game called âGame Over.â It seems that the ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Trades (Jim Pappas)
Needcoffee.com
Juni Cortez (Sabara) is no longer an OSS operative. He's a bitter ex-agent gumshoe, though, doing freelance investigation work and dodging calls from the OSS to come back. However, they can be very persuasive, especially when they call in the President ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Needcoffee.com
DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
The basic premise of journeying into a video game also explains the thin plotting. Essentially ex-O.S.S. agent Juni has been re-called to go into a video game called Game Over and save his sister and prevent the Toymaker's (Sylvester Stallone in a very ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
Guess the Gross
The second film was slightly less successful in its appeal to wide audiences as well as box office, but was still a big enough hit to justify another sequel. That sequel is a gimmicky jump into the realm of video games, Spy Kids 3D.
You may remember ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Guess the Gross
Popkorn Junkie's Review
Not since the virtual world of âTronâ has a movie setting been so dominantly set in a virtual world, as is the case with âSpy Kids 3-Dâ. The film is the third in the popular series from Robert Rodriquez and it continues the exploits of Spy Kids ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Popkorn Junkie's Review
DVD Review e-zine
The Cortez family seems to be slowly disbanding. Mom & Dad (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino) have their own mission, teenage daughter Carmen (Alexa Vegas) has re-upped with the mysterious OSS spy organization and son Juni (Daryl Sabara) considers ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at DVD Review e-zine
IOFilm
Here, youngest Juni (Subara) disillusioned with the way the Corporation works has forged out on his own, but is persuaded to help them again when he learns that his sister Carmen (Vega) has entered an addictive and potentially evil virtual reality game ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at IOFilm
TheWorldJournal.com (Sean Chandler)
The Spy Kids are back in action in what could be their biggest adventure to date. When a game that has the ability to trap all its online gamers inside is about to go online it is up to the Spy Kids to put a stop to the evil mechanisms of the Toy Maker (. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at TheWorldJournal.com (Sean Chandler)
BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
We thought the third instalment in Robert Rodriguez's miniature spy series was "brash, bright and barely coherent", but that there was "some fun to be had playing". There's definitely plenty of fun on the DVD - as always, Rodriguez has supervised the ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
filmdeculte.com (Robert Hospyan)
A première vue, ce troisième épisode avait de quoi laisser craindre le pire. Entre son titre crétin de redondance, émule des peu glorieux Mission Evasion et Mission Alcatraz (bravo les distributeurs), et la réputation déclinante de son auteur, ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at filmdeculte.com (Robert Hospyan)
Comingsoon.net
Some time after the last Spy Kids movie, Juni Cortez has left the spy business altogether. However, heâs called back into action when his sister (whoâs still a spy) turns up missing. An evil genius named the Toymaker has created a popular new virtual ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Comingsoon.net
Moviehole
Daryl Sabara, Sylvester Stallone, Alexa Vega, Antonio banderas, Carla Gugino, Salma Hayek, Mike Judge, Ricardo Montalban, Bill Paxton, Steve Buscemi, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub
For his final chapter in the successful âSpy Kidsâ series, ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Moviehole
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
"Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" (Dimension) is, as advertised, 3-D -- those three D's being, dull, dumb and disappointing.
Director Robert Rodriguez scored big in 2001with the original "Spy Kids," which followed the exploits of the clandestine Cortez clan, ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
As evil as the nastiest super villain may be and as nasty as the most evil weapon imaginable may be there is one sure fire way to put the beloved Spy Kids franchise out of business. It's called puberty. Spy Kids creator, writer director Robert Rodriguez ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
Ah, glorious 3-D. I remember sitting in the theater, as a kid, watching the glut of three-dimensional films spat out at my childhood generation like Mandy Moore singles are currently spit out at tweens. The first film I saw jump off the screen was ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
DVD MovieGuide
With a total gross of more than a billion dollars in the US, the Lord of the Rings flicks set the bar for modern film trilogies. In comparison, the $308 million total raked in by the three Spy Kids flicks looks pretty puny. However, when one considers ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Reel.com DVD review (James Plath)
When Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over premiered, The New York Times called it "family-friendly." The DVD is even friendlier. It includes a 2-D version on a second disc, so those who can't bear watching in 3-D through those cardboard and cellophane glasses (four ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Reel.com DVD review (James Plath)
DVD Net (Jules Faber)
I was truly looking forward to this third installment in the Spy Kids menage, until after the first ten minutes or so when I suddenly had a fairly distasteful, erm, taste in my mouth.
Writer director Robert Rodriguez again helms this production which ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at DVD Net (Jules Faber)
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
This is the third Spy Kids romp in as many years, this time in 3D, which is cool visually but does make your head hurt. And combined with a more action-oriented plot, it's all a bit less fun this time. Basically it's Spy Kids meets Tron, as the ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Exclaim! (Erin Oke)
Despite a clever premise, Spy Kids 3D is more gimmick than good. This third instalment in the series focuses on Juni (Daryl Sabara), the youngest member of the Cortez spy clan, who has recently left the family business for a career as a private detective. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Exclaim! (Erin Oke)
Mr. Cranky
When a filmmaker turns to 3-D as a film technique, it's pretty clear that a career path involving flipping burgers can't be too far off. Why do they do this? Would you believe that much of the decision seems to involve nothing more than a third film in ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Mr. Cranky
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) has been on his own since being disgraced from the OSS in Part 2. Saving up all his private investigator money to buy the latest-and-greatest video game, "Game Over", he's soon called back into action when the game is ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Movie Vault (Friday and Saturday Night Critic)
Alas, âSpy Kids 3-D: Game Overâ is more bad execution than good. I think its visuals may have had potential. Thereâs a highspeed motorcross through floating tunnels and giant bridges, hovering over bottomless, cloudy voids, in which we fly ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Movie Vault (Friday and Saturday Night Critic)
The Filmsnobs (James Owen)
I have to admit that, on a certain level, I really love a good, movie marketing gimmick. To me, it shows that the producers and the distributors at least care about making the audience an active participant in their product. Recent history has given us ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Filmsnobs (James Owen)
Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
In the early `80s 3D movies appeared as a novelty, and briefly held moviegoers' interest, much as they had in the early `50s. The first wave was mostly dreck, but included some reputable films such asDial M for MurderandKiss Me Kate. The revival thirty ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
ScifiWatch
"Spy Kids 3-D" starts off with a clever bit of modern film noir, with young Juni having been extricated from the rest of the family and forced to go into business for himself. When older sister Carmen is held hostage in a video game by the evil ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at ScifiWatch
Friday & Saturday Review
Really, thereâs no such thing as a bad premise. There are only bad executions. A boy enters a virtual reality video game to rescue his sister. Along the way he makes friends, makes enemies, meets a nice girl, gets into a motor race, surfs across ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Friday & Saturday Review
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
The latest adventure of the Cortez family of super agents, "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over," can't compete with the first two films in Robert Rodriguez's popular series. Those films had zip to spare; this one looks tired. It's not without wit and cleverness, ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Several years ago I suggested to Warner Bros. that they might consider releasing their old 3-D movie "The House of Wax" in both 3-D and 2-D on flip sides of the same disc. It had been the most popular 3-D movie of all time, the DVD medium makes a good, ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has many admirable qualities; in some ways he's a true original in Hollywood. He's one of America's best action directors, favoring clear and smooth movement over the usual jerky and choppy mess. He includes Hispanic characters ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
PopMatters (Jesse Hassenger)
In Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, the third Spy Kids film in as many years, Robert Rodriguez continues to synthesize his influences with a sort of mad genius. The previous chapters incorporated elements of James Bond, Mission: Impossible, The Wizard of Oz, The ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at PopMatters (Jesse Hassenger)
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Former "spy kid" Juni Cortez (DARYL SABARA) has retired from the OSS, but is called back to active duty by the President (GEORGE CLOONEY). It seems that an upcoming video game known as Game Over will imprison the minds of anyone who manages to get to its ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
When a movie franchise makes it to "3," sometimes a "D" must follow. The makers of Jaws and Friday the 13th learned that the D might stand for "dire," but Robert Rodriguez knows that fans of Spy Kids -- his series about a family of stylish, world-saving ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
The Hollywood Reporter (Sheri Linden)
Bears a wealth of imaginative riches and a signature mix of outre personalities and gadgets. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Sheri Linden)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Rodriguez has a sure sense of scale and pacing as well as an artisan's relaxed control of the material. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Flak Magazine (Sean Weitner)
Film is the most collaborative artform, and this gives it a peculiar strength: Even if not every participant (director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor, production design, visual effects supervisor, composer, to name a few) is at the same level ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Flak Magazine (Sean Weitner)
Frank's Reel Reviews
The action of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over takes place inside a video game, putting into motion an adventure that unfortunately continues the downward trend of the Spy Kids franchise. Not even an attempted revival of the 3-D craze that swept the movie scene ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Frank's Reel Reviews
eFilmCritic Reviews
In the third installment of this once-clever series, everyone's a cameo except for Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), one-half of the pint-sized titular duo. Juni has to rescue his sister, Carmen (Alexa Vega), from a virtual-reality video game in which she has ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Spy Kids 3D races from set piece to set piece, but the combination of speed, clutter and clatter make the movie a little too forgettable. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
(Rodriguez's) gimmicks have improved, but the heart of the series is gone. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)
It's the gimmick that sells. This movie without 3-D would be three times more boring. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)
Karina Montgomery
My friend was not hired to work on this film so I was feeling negative about it - but now I am grateful he is saved from the besmirchment and humiliation (not to mention actually having to handle the stuff!) I really enjoyed the first Spy Kids, and to a ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Karina Montgomery
The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
He is confident he can manage this because he's "the guy." Armor-clad competitors along the way scoff at the guy, and Juni also doesn't have the full confidence of mission control, run by the aggressive Cesca Giggles (Ms. Hayek).
Level 2 of the game ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Iâve always been a fan of Robert Rodriguez and his fly by the seat of you pants style of filmmaking. From âEl Mariachiâ to âFrom Dusk till Dawnâ to the original âSpy Kids,â the young director is a true dynamo of passion and energy and his ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
While the first two were also silly FX-packed kiddie adventures, they had charm, wit and heart, and newcomers Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega formed a winning duo as spy siblings Juni and Carmen Cortez. Unfortunately, "Game Over" is almost completely devoid ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Film Freak Central
Juni (Daryl Sabara) has quit the OSS kid spy agency to pursue a career in private investigation. A few minutes of nothing much passes, then Juni is pulled back into the life of spookdom by operatives Mike Judge and Salma Hayek to rescue his sister Carmen ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Film Freak Central
Weekly Reviews (Nathan Weinbender)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The first two "Spy Kids" movies were kid-flick rarities because the main thing they peddled was a hip, Hispanic version of family values. Maverick director Robert Rodriguez even lampooned the greed of marketers by making the villain of the first movie a ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CBCP Cinema
In the 3rd part of the Spykids trilogy, Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), retires as an agent of the OSS and pursues a career as a private eye. He plans to purchase GAME OVER, virtual reality gaming software from the money he earns from being a gumshoe. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at CBCP Cinema
Cinopsis
Trahi par les siens, l'OSS, Jenni Cortez est devenu un privé. De petits boulots en petits boulots, il survit mais s'ennuie ferme. Mais il est contraint de reprendre du service lorsque sa soeur disparaît dans l'univers virtuel d'un jeu machiavélique: ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Cinopsis
Plugged In
Juni and Carmen Cortez are back in a dizzying, red-and-blue 3-D adventure sure to thrill kids of all agesâand fry the eyes of everyone else. Spy Kids 3-D puts a lot of emphasis on the 3-D part of its title. Character development, story line, dialogue ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Plugged In
Pixelsurgeon
What can possibly match the thrill of entering a darkened movie theatre, strapping on a pair of disposable red and blue 3D glasses and watching in awe as animated boulders come floating off the screen, gently drifting over the seats in front of you like ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Pixelsurgeon
BBC Films
Brash, bright and barely coherent, the third outing in Robert Rodriguez's miniature spy series surely is Game Over, but there's some fun to be had playing.
Young gingernut Juni (Daryl Sabara) has quit spying, but returns to the family business to ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at BBC Films
MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
It's kind of ironic that a kiddie caper such as Game Over that promises to build upon its 3-D gimmick is nothing more than a hyperactive one-dimensional rug rat farce at best. So where did Rodriguez's vision go wrong in comparison to his first couple of ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
TheWorldJournal.com (Frank Ochieng)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is the third installment of the immensely popular kiddie secret agent series. While the previous two editions were joyful enough to behold thanks to director Robert Rodriguezâs unique visual style to go along with the ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at TheWorldJournal.com (Frank Ochieng)
Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
The filmmaker's imagination is too rich for Spy Kids 3-D to be written off as a failure. But it's too bad that while the visuals have gained a dimension, the story has lost one. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Stay through to the end credits, where the two child protagonists (Sabara and Vega) are shown as they were then and as they are now. Rodriguez's best achievement is in spotting the innate talent that would shine through in those two kids. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
It's an awkward technique that outlived its usefulness more than four decades ago. I like the movie, but hate its presentation. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
CinemaZone.dk
Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) er blevet træt af jobbet som spion, så han arbejder nu som privatdetektiv. Mor og far er konstant på opgaver og storesøster Carmen (Alexa Vega) har han ikke set i evigheder. Så han bliver selvfølgelig ikke begejstret, da ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Easily the slightest and most frenetic entry in the trilogy. But it might also turn out to be the fan favorite, because the movie is nothing but eye candy and visual sensation. ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist's review of "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" Score= 63/100 * * 1/2 STARRING: Daryl Sabara, Ricardo Montalban, Sylvester Stallone, Alexa Vega, Selma Hayek DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY Robert Rodriguez 89 MINUTES MPAA RATING PG for action sequences and ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Josh Gilchrist
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Over' is more of a young adult update of "Tron" with most of the film set inside a video game. To add to the effect Rodriguez brings back the old 3D red/blue glasses trick - a gimmick which was last used for the sixth "Nightmare on Elm St" movie and was ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Hollywood.com
The original Spy Kids is a refreshingly empowering story about two kids, Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) and his older sister Carmen (Alexa Vega), who find out their seemingly normal parents are really secret über-agents. The sequel Spy Kids 2: The Island of ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Hollywood.com
Cinema Blend
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over is the last installment (at least for now) in the adventures of Juni and Carmen Cortez, the Spy Kids. This movie focuses more on Juni, who, feeling betrayed by the OSS (the spy organization he worked for), has left the spy ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Cinema Blend
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Since the vast majority of the audience for "Spy Kid 3D: Game Over" has probably never seen a 3D movie with cheap, old-fashioned blue-and-red-lensed cardboard glasses, here's a three-point primer for proper enjoyment of any flick in this ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Perhaps in spreading his creative talent so widely, some of Rodriguezâs multi-tasking films have begun to suffer a little in terms of seeming rushed, particularly in the script department. This is certainly the case with Game Over. Noticeably Rodriguez ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
To be scrupulously fair to the sensibilities of its target audience, I must admit that halfway through this movie my 8-year-old godson leaned over to me and whispered, "This is AWESOME!" I wish I could say that I felt the same way.
I loved the first ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Guardian/Observer
f Robert Rodriguez's hugely funny series of Spy Kids movies ends here and now with this third helping that will be fine with me. But it's still entertaining and ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Guardian/Observer
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Ever the imagineer, Robert Rodriguez takes his latest episode into the 3D dimension. Shot in digital inside and out, the film will be best screened in theaters housing Digital Projection units (that's how I screened it).
Most of the film is in 3-D, ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Susan Granger
The third installment in Robert Rodriguez' successful "Spy Kids" franchise has three strikes against it: a) the once-adorable "kids" are growing up, b) the '50s style blue-and-red style cardboard 3-D glasses are a pain, and c) there's too much blatant ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Susan Granger
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
How crazy has the world of Robert Rodriguez's "Spy Kids" movies become? In Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, regular-Joe King of the Hill creator Mike Judge is married to Salma Hayek. That should give you a clue.
I don't think I've seen a series of movies ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
In many ways, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over exhibits the same kind of colorful, larger-than-life approach to storytelling that was evident in its two predecessors. And, as with the earlier movies, full creative control rests in the palm of Robert Rodriguez, who ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
In Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, the third Spy Kids movie in as many years, writer/director/producer/composer Robert Rodriguez places his young mini-spies in the digital depths of a zany video game, which is quite appropriate given the fact that most of the ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
I get a headache just THINKING about "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over." Fortunately, there's so little about it I remember that thinking about it doesn't take very long.
In the third installment of this once-clever series, everyone's a cameo except for Juni ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)
Of the many deplorable scenes that have abound in the post-Tarantino age of modern cinema (the dinner table scene in Donnie Darko, the opening scene in The Way of the Gun, any shot featuring both Jay and Silent Bob), the establishing scenes in Robert ...read the complete Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)
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