Spy Kids (2001)Movies

Movies from Film Forum, 04/05/01Good news: Audiences and critics everywhere are hailing the arrival of Spy Kids as a clear sign that there are still exciting, entertaining family movies to be made. Critics are offering a slight caution to parents that the film includes "intense chases, moments of peril, deformed characters and action-related violence," but they qualify this as "cartoonish" and all in good fun. Who would have thought that the director of slick, violent films like Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn would come up with one of the most highly acclaimed all-ages movies in years?The U.S. Catholic Conference calls Spy Kids "terrific" and raves, "Not only does Robert Rodriguez's flick synthesize a winning adventure story and cool special effects, it also underscores the importance of...