They seem to occur rather often, don't they? The turning of somewhat popular television shows into full-length feature films. One of the more recent attempts at delivering an excellent 'licensed' film is 'The Simpsons Movie', and while it is quite enjoyable, it has been criticised as feeling like three episodes of 'The Simpsons' played one after the other. To aim the same criticism at 'The Rugrats Movie' would most certainly be difficult to justify.
A minority of the film is reminiscent to the traditional episodes, but once the babies go for a ride in the perfect children's toy, all of that changed to become a truly flexible film for the characters. The story goes that Tommy's parents are due to have a girl baby the following week, and a baby shower is present. However, upon the screaming of Angelica, Didi (Tommy's mother) realises that the baby is coming.
Of course, with the young protagonists being babies and therefore somewhat misinformed, they think that the struggling of Tommy's mother is because her daughter hasn't showed up to the party. At the hospital, Tommy, Chuckie, Phil' and Lil' break out of the baby play-area they are contained in and go to a "baby store", looking for a baby Tommy's mother will like. When they are found again, Didi has given birth to a boy baby, named Dil'. They take him home and he ceases to do anything but cry.
Meanwhile, Stu (Tommy's father) is working on the "perfect children's toy" which he wants to send to a Japanese contest and win $500. Once Tommy and Dil' fight for a teddy bear, Stu takes Tommy to the basement and gives him a watch with a picture of Dil' and Tommy in it, and says that Tommy has responsibility, which involves said baby assuming that this clock is called a sponsitility, something he thinks is like the crumpass that Okey-dokey Jones uses when he gets losted.
The perfect children's toy, the Reptar Wagon, is in the hall awaiting the delivery men, and is seen by Chuckie, Phil' and Lil', who put Dil' in the wagon because they want to take Dil' back to the baby hospital and get Tommy's monies back. As Tommy objects to this, the spoilt Angelica enters and kicks the Reptar wagon, which takes the babies through the estate, into a matress delivery van which turns out to be more fun than picking noses or making bubbles in the bathtub, and eventually into the middle of a forest. Now the babies try to get to the lizard's house and have their wish to go back home granted.
What with the characters being babies and all, the script is immensly awesome. Almost everything that is said by the babies is made to sound very stupid and misleading. To have a feature-length film with tons of hilarious speech all the way through is brilliant, and the script rivals that of the witty 'Pirates Of The Caribbean', which is saying something.
Speaking of pirates, there's a nice scene in here where the Reptar Wagon falls into a river and begins propelling away with the babies. Thus, these miniature characters dress up as pirates and begin singing "A Pirate's Life Is A Life For Me, Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Yum." 'The Rugrats Movie' benefits highly from its inventive soundtrack. From Angelica's and Suzy's descriptions of babies, to the singing of the little organisms in the baby store, to the "I Am Reptar, Hear Me Roar" theme, to Angelica's and Spike's search for the stolen Cynthia (which is in the possession of 'Dil) to the singing of a bunch of circus monkies whose train has crashed into the same forest, 'The Rugrats Movie' is full of some catchy and ultimately brilliant songs.
There may be times where you aren't so impressed by the film, but there are certainly times where you will be. With a witty script and an awesome soundtrack, added to the complete breakthrough of the traditional 'Rugrats' formula, 'The Rugrats Movie' is a film one simply needs to see.
Four Out Of Five.
A minority of the film is reminiscent to the traditional episodes, but once the babies go for a ride in the perfect children's toy, all of that changed to become a truly flexible film for the characters. The story goes that Tommy's parents are due to have a girl baby the following week, and a baby shower is present. However, upon the screaming of Angelica, Didi (Tommy's mother) realises that the baby is coming.
Of course, with the young protagonists being babies and therefore somewhat misinformed, they think that the struggling of Tommy's mother is because her daughter hasn't showed up to the party. At the hospital, Tommy, Chuckie, Phil' and Lil' break out of the baby play-area they are contained in and go to a "baby store", looking for a baby Tommy's mother will like. When they are found again, Didi has given birth to a boy baby, named Dil'. They take him home and he ceases to do anything but cry.
Meanwhile, Stu (Tommy's father) is working on the "perfect children's toy" which he wants to send to a Japanese contest and win $500. Once Tommy and Dil' fight for a teddy bear, Stu takes Tommy to the basement and gives him a watch with a picture of Dil' and Tommy in it, and says that Tommy has responsibility, which involves said baby assuming that this clock is called a sponsitility, something he thinks is like the crumpass that Okey-dokey Jones uses when he gets losted.
The perfect children's toy, the Reptar Wagon, is in the hall awaiting the delivery men, and is seen by Chuckie, Phil' and Lil', who put Dil' in the wagon because they want to take Dil' back to the baby hospital and get Tommy's monies back. As Tommy objects to this, the spoilt Angelica enters and kicks the Reptar wagon, which takes the babies through the estate, into a matress delivery van which turns out to be more fun than picking noses or making bubbles in the bathtub, and eventually into the middle of a forest. Now the babies try to get to the lizard's house and have their wish to go back home granted.
What with the characters being babies and all, the script is immensly awesome. Almost everything that is said by the babies is made to sound very stupid and misleading. To have a feature-length film with tons of hilarious speech all the way through is brilliant, and the script rivals that of the witty 'Pirates Of The Caribbean', which is saying something.
Speaking of pirates, there's a nice scene in here where the Reptar Wagon falls into a river and begins propelling away with the babies. Thus, these miniature characters dress up as pirates and begin singing "A Pirate's Life Is A Life For Me, Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Yum." 'The Rugrats Movie' benefits highly from its inventive soundtrack. From Angelica's and Suzy's descriptions of babies, to the singing of the little organisms in the baby store, to the "I Am Reptar, Hear Me Roar" theme, to Angelica's and Spike's search for the stolen Cynthia (which is in the possession of 'Dil) to the singing of a bunch of circus monkies whose train has crashed into the same forest, 'The Rugrats Movie' is full of some catchy and ultimately brilliant songs.
There may be times where you aren't so impressed by the film, but there are certainly times where you will be. With a witty script and an awesome soundtrack, added to the complete breakthrough of the traditional 'Rugrats' formula, 'The Rugrats Movie' is a film one simply needs to see.
Four Out Of Five.
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