Fun Size (2012)
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Reviews Counted: 69
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 51
It occasionally shows surprising flashes of wit, but Fun Size is too safe and formulaic -- not to mention unfunny -- to survive comparisons to the '80s teen movies it eagerly imitates.
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 10
It occasionally shows surprising flashes of wit, but Fun Size is too safe and formulaic -- not to mention unfunny -- to survive comparisons to the '80s teen movies it eagerly imitates.
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Fun Size is a teen comedy centered on a sarcastic high school senior, Wren (Victoria Justice), who is eager to distance herself from her dysfunctional family by going off to college. Before that can happen, Wren's mother, Joy, insists that she watch her little brother Albert on Halloween night, so Joy can go to a rager with her much younger boyfriend. When Wren gets distracted by an invitation to the party of the year, Albert disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. Frantic to locate him
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Cast
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Victoria Justice
Wren -
Thomas Mann
Roosevelt -
Chelsea Handler
Joy -
Jane Levy
April -
Riki Lindhome
Galaxy Scout -
Jackson Nicoll
Albert -
Josh Pence
Keevin -
Thomas McDonell
Aaron Riley -
Carrie Clifford
Pumpkin Mom -
Barry Livingston
Halloween Dad -
Ele Bardha
Mariposa Dad -
Osric Chau
Peng -
Zumani Munashe
Spider Girl -
Bobby Thomas
Old Spider Man -
James Pumphrey
Brueder -
Thomas Middleditch
Fuzzy -
Dean Ogle
Tween -
Manny Liotta
Tween -
Amiri Zaire
Tween -
Kerri Kenney-Silver
Barb -
Ana Gasteyer
Jackie -
Abby Elliott
Lara -
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo
Mr. Mahani (Samoan Man) -
Lori Pelenise Tuisano
Mrs. Mahani (Samoan Wom... -
Patrick De Ledebur
Mike Puglio -
Stefan Gatt
Hulk -
Sara Lindsey
Sexy Nurse -
Erin Scerbak
Andrea (Drive Thru Girl... -
Gabrielle McClinton
Galaxy Scout Friend -
Jeremy Isaiah Earl
Officer Savage -
Rachel Sterling
Kassi -
Holmes Osborne
Mr. Brueder -
Annie Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Brueder -
Nick Varricchio
Jonathan (Mad Hatter) -
Maria Perossa
Hailey (Pirate Wench) -
Jane Levy (II)
April -
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All Critics (69) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (52) | DVD (2)
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.
Top CriticThis 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.
It feels like a project that was pitched for the CW but watered down for Nickelodeon audiences. In the end, everyone loses.
Justice makes a likeable lead but director Josh Schwartz's comic touch is distinctly leaden and a high proportion of the would-be funny scenes - some of them involving an uncredited Johnny Knoxville - fall flat.
Justice has a real charm and appeal on-screen, looking good in just about anything she wears in the film...
Victoria Justice makes a rickety transition from Nickelodeon star to movie lead in this droll, Halloween-themed comedy.
Nickelodeon goes outside their comfort zone with Fun Size, but the film is very hit or miss, with an inconsistent tone.
It's pure Nickelodeon stuff: bubblegum high jinks that's short on laughs but also, mercifully, shy on offending, too.
Here's yet another example of a DVD film inexplicably receiving a full-on cinema release...It doesn't help that Victoria Justice, pretty as she is, does not exactly ignite the screen with comic charisma.
Fun Size is the Nickelodeon equivalent of a Hallmark card for Halloween. Even the target audience will be asking their parents when it's polite to dispose of it after the holiday.
The incongruous, colourful and bizarre are jumbled together in a Halloween size pumpkin in this occasionally puerile, at times endearing and often silly comedy in which a giant fake chicken violates the rear of a yellow Volvo as its ultimate low.
Genuine laughs develop in the wake of a pretty teenage nerd.
Barely developed characters come and go while faux edgy jokes and obscure American pop cultural references fall flat.
Tweenies are more forgiving than I am.
You know you're in trouble when a madcap comedy is unable to even raise a smile.
The good news about this film is that it's only 96 minutes long. The bad news is that it is 96 minutes long.
It's the usual assemblage of grossout horrors provided for your alleged amusement... The freshly upsetting thing here is that this is a Nickelodeon production -- you know, the cable network for kids...
As ever, "fun size" translates to "no fun whatsoever".
A gross, sprawling and barely credible teen comedy.
There's barely a laugh on the horizon as Fun Size ambles through a series of unremarkable set pieces, tumbleweed one-liners and awkward tonal shifts.
This Size doesn't matter.
More adult humor than we have come to expect from a Nickelodeon product, but enjoyable just the same.
Just when I was completely losing patience with proceedings, the film started.
Audience Reviews for Fun Size
Super Reviewer
Good movie! I can understand where some people would really be down on this film. There is no doubt that it is full of clichés, in fact every character nearly reeks of cliché. TV master Josh Schwartz helms this film and he has certainly created and worked on some truly great TV shows and I'm not sure this is his best creation but he definitely sincerely tries. I couldn't help but laugh my way through this. The Chicken shack scene was priceless and despite being cliché so many of the physical comedy scenes, and situations that they get into are genuinely funny and certainly worth watching if you can put your expectations in check.
Wren's Halloween plans go awry when she's made to babysit her brother, who disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. With her best friend and two nerds at her side, she needs to find her brother before her mom finds out he's missing.
Super Reviewer
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- April: My ass is killing the cat!
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- Wren: It's all falling into place.
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- Wren: I'm actually a worse parent than my mom.
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Fun Size was a fun movie. It's not great in any means. But it made me laugh and gave me the mind numbing I was looking for. The little boy playing Albert was really funny. He is the best part of the movie. This movie is for a teen audience. I have a teen, so therefore I watch a plenty of these films. It's not the worse one I've seen of the bunch, but it's definitely too mature for younger kids and too immature for us adults. But it still made me laugh and exceeded in keeping my mind from wandering. I'd probably see it again. It's just one of those movies you can see or pass. Up to you.