This is a dog's breakfast of a film, lurching from simpering teen-romcom sentiment to off-colour paedophile gags to sub-'Juno' hipster cultural references to a lecture on the woes of single motherhood without breaking stride.
Fun Size
Some people just can't handle Halloween.
2012 · 1h 27m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Josh Schwartz
Overview
Wren is invited to a Halloween party by her crush, Aaron Riley, but she is also forced by her mother to take her oddball little brother Albert with her when she goes out trick-or-treating on Halloween. When she goes to the party instead, she loses him and must find him before her mother finds out.
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Top critics, in their words
This is utterly disposable stuff, but it does have its moments.
Screenwriter Max Werner and director Josh Schwartz clearly have several well-worn copies of Adventures in Babysitting between them, but they keep the gags coming at a brisk pace.
Though it doesn't always hit the hilarity target, this tween-targeted romp strikes a sweet-but-not-sappy balance.
There's little fun to be had in this foolish Halloween comedy that generates many more eye rolls than laughs.
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