Rugrats Go Wild Movie Review:

Annoying everyone by renting a boat for their South China Sea adventure instead of buying cruise ship tickets, Stu Pickles’s enthusiasm is lost on the rest of the family, the De Ville’s and the Finster’s. Not that this bothers Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Kimi and Susie or even Angelica, they just see it as a new adventure. When the boat is caught in a storm and sinks, the families escape to the life raft and are washed ashore on a deserted island. Little do they know that over on the other side of the island are the Thornberry family, filming their latest documentary.

Nickelodeon’s two most popular animated series combine to produce another great piece of younger viewer entertainment.

Seeing Tommy, Chuckie, Eliza Thornberry and Darwin on the big screen together will be a thrill for any fan of the TV animated series. Anyone who has seen a Rugrats or Wild Thornberry’s movie before will know what to expect from this animated tale. Songs, laughs and adventure that will keep kids entertained and there are enough in-gags and adult references to other movies to keep parents amused.

The usual vocal cast do a great job. Angelica is even more attention seeking when she meets Debbie Thornberry, Lil becomes a vegetarian much to the disgust of her bug eating brother Phil and Chuckie finds out what it is like to be wild when he accidentally changes places with Donnie. Spike even gets a voice, provided by a very enthusiastic Bruce Willis, when he meets Eliza and Darwin.

The movie is filmed in smell-o-vision. You receive a scratch-and-sniff card and are promoted on screen to scratch the corresponding area of the card to smell what the characters are smelling. This really doesn’t work as all the fragrances on the card smell the same, making it more of a gimmick than an enhancement to the film.

The Rugrats and Wild Thornberry’s movies are fun for all the family and by combining the two, fans of the shows should be very pleased with the results. You do see more of the Rugrats than the Thornberry’s but there is enough fun here to keep everyone amused.

Star Rating = * * *

Jamie Kelwick

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