Zoom (2006)
Average Rating: 3/10
Reviews Counted: 61
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 59
Lacking the punch and good cheer of The Incredibles and Sky High, Zoom is a dull and laugh-free affair.
Average Rating: 2.7/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 16
Lacking the punch and good cheer of The Incredibles and Sky High, Zoom is a dull and laugh-free affair.
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Former superhero Jack is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into superheroes at a private Academy.
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... this fizzled action flick lacks the wit, style and substance of so many better efforts ...
Top CriticWhen it comes to action, comedy, and drama, three words apply: lamer, lamer, lamest.
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.
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.)
Zoom is a movie that you've probably seen several times already.
Too infantile for tweens and too stagnant for tots, Zoom bleeds boredom from every frame.
A celluloid cliché from first frame to last, it doesn't deserve your hard-earned cash. Watch X-Men again instead. Or even Sky High.
Dull comic-book fodder for kids.
Call this one Galaxy Quest -- another movie in which Tim Allen plays an arrogant jerk who learns lessons about teamwork and friendship -- without the humor, charm, or wit.
The story is muddled and slovenly, and the execution is unbelievably cheap-looking, with special effects that are miles beyond cheesy.
[It] made me laugh. I don't know why.
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.
Completely lacking the wit and charm that made superhero family flicks like The Incredibles and Sky High so entertaining, Zoom is an absolute mess of a movie.
...a light-hearted and mindlessly engaging time-waster.
you won't miss much if you give this one a pass
Santa trapped in a chimney and choking on his own beard would be funnier than this.
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.
... a copycat kids' flick that raises smiles but no laughs.
This comedy drags its feet, while the sappy sweetness will make you wince.
Ever the foolish optimist, I actually expected to enjoy Zoom.
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.
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
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.
Infantile, unfocused and dreadfully inept, Zoom is badly conceived...a totally faceless fable that strains for enlightenment but merely ends up as disastrous diversion
First the good news: This film isn't nearly as awful as some would have you believe. Now the bad: It still sucks.
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This is usual story line, usual kiddie cliches, unfunny aging actors, useless kiddie actors, cheesy cgi and crap superhero ideas all round. Joins the ranks of 'Sky High' and is in fact virtually the same movie.
This genre has been drained of all originality and basic concepts, lets put these family fun superhero's to rest please, for gods sake no more.
All these spoof superhero films are a rip off from an old mid eighties comic classic which still goes strong in the US by the name of 'The Tick', 'Mystery Men' took the original idea from 'The Tick' and from there it has exploded with so many superhero spoofs or parodies.
This is light and fluffy with absolutely zero to offer in terms of originality anywhere, kids will probably like but adults be warned.
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