Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D

Plot

A retired spy is called back into action, and to bond with her new step-children, she invites them along for the adventure to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world.

Release Year: 2011

Rating: 3.3/10 (4,932 voted)

Critic's Score: 37/100

Director:
Robert Rodriguez

Stars: Jessica Alba, Jeremy Piven, Joel McHale

Storyline
A retired spy is called back into action, and to bond with her new step-children, she invites them along for the adventure to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world.

Cast:

Jessica Alba
–

Marissa Wilson

Joel McHale
–

Wilbur Wilson

Rowan Blanchard
–

Rebecca Wilson

Mason Cook
–

Cecil Wilson

Jeremy Piven
–

Danger D'Amo
/
Tick Tock
/
Time Keeper

Alexa Vega
–

Carmen Cortez

Daryl Sabara
–

Juni Cortez

Danny Trejo
–

Uncle Machete

Belle Solorzano
–

Spy Baby

Genny Solorzano
–

Spy Baby

Ricky Gervais
–

Argonaut

(voice)

Elmo
–

Argonaut

Jett Good
–

Young Danger

Chuck Cureau
–

News Anchor

Albert Im
–

Head Scientist

Details

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Release Date: 19 August 2011

Filming Locations: Troublemaker Studios – 4900 Old Manor Road, Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $27,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $11,644,672
(USA)
(21 August 2011)
(3295 Screens)

Gross: $38,536,376
(USA)
(11 December 2011)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: 89 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

The genesis for this film came from an incident on the set of
Machete. Star Jessica Alba had her then-one year old baby Honor Marie and was dressed to appear on camera when her diaper "exploded". Watching Alba change the diaper while trying not to get anything on her clothes prompted Robert Rodriguez to think "What about a spy mom?"

Goofs:

Continuity:
When the fireplace resets itself after the kids enter the panic room there are some decorative items inside it. Shortly afterwards when The Timekeeper's henchmen break into the house the fireplace is empty.

User Review

A unimaginative, pointless, cheap family film

Rating: 2/10


Hopes were not high coming into Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. It
is the fourth film in a franchise suffering from diminishing returns,
plus it was using the stupid idea of smell-o-vision. And this family
film does not disappoint.

Marissa Wilson (Jessica Alba) is a top OSS spy who retires after
capturing a super villain, Tik Tok, and starts a family with her
husband Wilbur (Joel McHale) and stepchildren Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard)
and Cecil (Mason Cook). A year later a new villain has emerged, the
Time Keeper, who speeds up time using the Armageddon Device to punish
humanity for wasting time. Marissa is called back by the OSS director,
Danger D'Amo (Jeremy Piven), to recapture Tik Tok which should lead
them to the Time Keeper. But the Time Keeper sets out to kidnap Rebecca
and Cecil because Rebecca has the only thing that could stop the
Armageddon Device.

There are many problems with Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. It's
a cheap and unimaginative film where you could easily predict how they
would play out. We have seen these story elements so many times before:
the dad is a workaholic; there is animosity between step-mum and
step-daughter as the step-mum tries to get closer to the children; the
revelation of a lie, and so many others. The humour is crude, mostly
poo, fart and vomit gags, basically the lowest common denominator which
most children will easily outgrow. The other major route of humour is
the barrage of puns: time puns, dog puns and smell puns – we're not
stupid! The action is rudimentary; it is easy to expect much better
from Robert Rodriguez who just uses poor CGI and quick cuts. And if you
can't guess who the Time Keeper really is then you haven't seen enough
movies. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World feels like it is a movie
that is only made for a quick buck, not for any love of the material or
the need to tell a good story.

A movie aimed at children should be able to enliven their imaginations:
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World is not going to do that. The
artificial CGI scenes just look too fake for children to accept and buy
into the action and the basic predictable plot will mean that children
will not love it. Adults and parents will feel nothing but suffering
when watching this movie. This is just a mindless movie with no
imagination, which is ironic considering it makes a point that children
make better spies because they have more imagination. Children are
smart; they ask questions, see plot holes and come up with ideas
involving sci-fi concepts. The best family and children's movies are
clever, well-plotted affairs and often have good ideas behind them. Spy
Kids: All the Time in the World does not share those traits. Plus this
movie carries on the awful trend of spies with babies not working.

Most of the acting is sub-par. The child leads are bland and not
natural actors; it's your typical weak-child acting, and they are no
Chloe Mortez or Kodi Smit-McPhee. McHale was truly unconvincing as the
father and again a typical bad performance in a bad family movie. Alba
was a punch bag for gags to be bounded off on. Ricky Gervais seemed to
be having fun, but I'm sure that's because he got a paycheck for saying
bad lines in a recording studio. Piven is much the same, having fun and
just being over the top.

As movie fans we expect better from Rodriguez, who's done great movies
like Sin City, From Dusk to Dawn and the "Mexico" Trilogy. Let's hope
he is doing this movie so we can finally get Sin City 2.

And I am sure you are asking the big question – what was the
Scratch-and-Sniff card like? It was just a bunch of sickly sweet smells
and simply just a gimmick. But you already knew that.