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Zoom (2006)

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Average Rating: 3/10
Reviews Counted: 59
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 57

Lacking the punch and good cheer of The Incredibles and Sky High, Zoom is a dull and laugh-free affair.

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Average Rating: 2.7/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 15

Lacking the punch and good cheer of The Incredibles and Sky High, Zoom is a dull and laugh-free affair.

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Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 68,298

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Movie Info

Former superhero Jack is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into superheroes at a private Academy.

PG, 1 hr. 23 min.

Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy

Rif Coogan, David Berenbaum

Sep 2, 2007

$11.6M

Sony Pictures

All Critics (60) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (59) | DVD (7)

When it comes to action, comedy, and drama, three words apply: lamer, lamer, lamest.

August 19, 2006 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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In a feat of dullness quite powerful in its own way, this lifeless family comedy sucks the joy from every joke it touches; X-Men's Rogue would be envious.

August 18, 2006 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment (1)
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Zoom is another one of those endearingly cheap, twice-annual Tim Allen movies that seem to be forever playing on airplanes. (Next up is Santa Clause 3.)

August 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Zoom is a movie that you've probably seen several times already.

August 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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Too infantile for tweens and too stagnant for tots, Zoom bleeds boredom from every frame.

August 14, 2006 Comment
New York Times
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Your ability to tolerate this movie depends on how much music from the band Smashmouth you can stand.

August 12, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Dull comic-book fodder for kids.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

The story is muddled and slovenly, and the execution is unbelievably cheap-looking, with special effects that are miles beyond cheesy.

August 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | Comment
Sacramento News & Review

The problem is that the script by Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum is lackluster, and that carries over to other aspects of the film.

July 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

[It] made me laugh. I don't know why.

March 10, 2007 Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | Comment
3BlackChicks Review

The title describes the sound that you should make in your car, or on foot, or on mule, heading away from any cinema showing this film.

March 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]

...a light-hearted and mindlessly engaging time-waster.

February 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comments (2)
Reel Film Reviews

you won't miss much if you give this one a pass

January 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

Zoom is a shocking waste of a decent premise - it could have been the Galaxy Quest of superhero movies but instead it's a badly directed, poorly written and desperately unamusing mess.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: ViewLondon | Comment
ViewLondon

Santa trapped in a chimney and choking on his own beard would be funnier than this.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | Comment
Observer [UK]

... this fizzled action flick lacks the wit, style and substance of so many better efforts ...

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

... a copycat kids' flick that raises smiles but no laughs.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: BBC | Comment

This comedy drags its feet, while the sappy sweetness will make you wince.

August 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

Ever the foolish optimist, I actually expected to enjoy Zoom.

August 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | Comment
Three Movie Buffs

Despite whatever connotations its title might suggest, Zoom is a movie marked by pure laziness, made by folks who either don't know or don't care what they're doing.

August 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Christianity Today | Comment

Want to see child superheroes? See Sky High, Spy Kids or The Incredibles. And Tim Allen is better and more curmudgeonly in the Santa Clause films

August 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | Comment
Hollywood.com

Zoom fails because it's ultimately bland, cheesy, and never really challenges its own formula seeking to make it one of a kind; it just wants to cash-in on an already exhausting fad.

August 22, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Zoom

This got 50+ ratings? Are you kidding me? This movie was such a crap.

August 4, 2011
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Super Reviewer

I laugh at myself for sort of enjoying it, I can't deny myself from it! I rips off of soo many movie, yet I still find myself attatched to it!

January 13, 2010
KJ Proulx

Super Reviewer

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