Spy Kids
2001 · Movie · PG · 88 min · ★ 5.8 · 82% critics
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring, but they’re actually former top-secret agents who’ve been pulled back in after old colleagues disappear. With their parents taken, the siblings step into their own spy training and team up to rescue them, facing strange robotic threats and wacky gadgets along the way.
Also known as Espions en herbe · Spy Kids 1
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Details
- Years
- 2001
- Release date
- 2001-03-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (3,717 votes)
- Box office
- $147,934,180
- Budget
- $35,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy Spy Kids if you want a colorful, goofy spy adventure for younger viewers with big playful action; Not for you if you want more mature storytelling or modern-looking effects, like in Journey to the Center of the Earth or Zathura: A Space Adventure.
Pros: fun family adventure; inventive wackiness; kid-friendly thrills | Cons: can feel childish; special effects aged; overly fast pacing
Themes
- double life
- sibling relationship
- parent child relationship
- loss of loved one
- secret agent
- robot
Awards & recognition
- BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film · 2001 · nominated
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Family Film · 2001 · nominated
Cast & crew
Alexa PenaVega
as Carmen Cortez
Daryl Sabara
as Juni Cortez
Antonio Banderas
as Gregorio Cortez
Carla Gugino
as Ingrid Cortez
Alan Cumming
as Fegan Floop
Tony Shalhoub
as Alexander Minion
Teri Hatcher
as Ms. Gradenko
Robert Patrick
as Mr. Lisp
Dick Clark
as Financier
George Clooney
as Devlin
Directed by Robert Rodriguez