
Max Keeble is a nice, quiet teenager, whose idea of 'superhero-requiring' danger is braving Evil Ice Cream Man who blames him for a health complaint from ma Lily. She spent six years on just the right interior and now hears from dad Don Keeble, a wimp whose 'career' in commercial publicity still only got him wearing sly costumes, a promotion requires the family to move to Chicago. Initially Max just hates giving up his high-school friends, a fatso and a music-maniac, but when... (Full plot summary below)
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Max Keeble is a nice, quiet teenager, whose idea of 'superhero-requiring' danger is braving Evil Ice Cream Man who blames him for a health complaint from ma Lily. She spent six years on just the right interior and now hears from dad Don Keeble, a wimp whose 'career' in commercial publicity still only got him wearing sly costumes, a promotion requires the family to move to Chicago. Initially Max just hates giving up his high-school friends, a fatso and a music-maniac, but when their former friend Troy McGinty picks on them with his new image as bully realizes leaving means he can't be punished after Friday, and plans an orgy of revenge. Max's targets include the arrogant new principal, Elliot T. Jindraike, who spends the school budget on a new sports stadium to flatter the inspector, Superintendant Bobby 'Crazy Legs' Knebworth, and even plants to tear down the animal shelter. When it's all in motion, dad suddenly announces he has taken Max's first advice and turned down the promotion!
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| Chicago TribuneLoren KingWhile some of Max's pranks are exhilarating and funny -- the movie takes too long setting things up and, once the pranks are over, dawdles to its inevitable conclusion. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekIt's one of those movies that the family should take pains to avoid together. |
| Washington PostJane HorwitzIt's a clever plot with a minimum of the already tired standard kids-on-computers sequence and a maximum of silly face-to-face deflation. |
| L.A. WeeklyMark OlsenIts overall view of 12-year-old life is essentially one of high-spirited fun. |
| Dallas Morning NewsNancy ChurninIt's formulaic, long and more than a bit silly. |
| Miami HeraldChristine DolenRealistic, it's not. But Max Keeble's Big Move, predictable though it may be, makes most of the right moves for the older elementary/younger middle school market. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifforda solid entry in the pantheon of kids' movies-with-a-message that both entertains and teaches. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderEven when presented with a reasonably original idea for a kids' movie, Disney can always find a way to bleed all the color out of it. |
| Boxoffice MagazineDwayne E. LeslieThe filmmakers of Max Keeble reinvigorate the theme with genuinely funny over-the-top humor and a barrage of multiple antagonists. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is the kind of movie one enjoys more at 8, or even 12, than at 16 and up. |