Fun Size

PG-13

10/26/20121h 27m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Some people just can't handle Halloween. ~

Overview:

Wren's Halloween plans go awry when she's made to babysit her brother, who disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. Accompanied by her best friend and two nerdy classmates, Wren needs to find her brother before her mom finds out.

Director:

Josh Schwartz

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$14,000,000.00

Revenue:

$11,417,362.00

Key words:

affectation
halloween
friends
teenage girl
single mother
family
teen comedy
missing child
little brother
trick or treating
aggressive
satirical
brother sister relationship
mysterious disappearance
teenager
admiring
adoring
ambiguous
ambivalent
appreciative
comforting
sarcastic
sympathetic

Cast

Victoria Justice

~ as ~

Wren DeSantis

Jane Levy

~ as ~

April Martin

Thomas Mann

~ as ~

Roosevelt Leroux

Thomas McDonell

~ as ~

Aaron Riley

Chelsea Handler

~ as ~

Joy DeSantis

Jackson Nicoll

~ as ~

Albert DeSantis

Osric Chau

~ as ~

Peng Chong

Riki Lindhome

~ as ~

Denise (Galaxy Scout)

Josh Pence

~ as ~

Keevin

Johnny Knoxville

~ as ~

Jörgen

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 8 month(s) ago
4
Fun trick or treat flick marred by eye-rolling “Lib” bits

A couple of teen girls in the Cleveland area go out trick-or-treating (Victoria Justice and Jane Levy), but have to take the former’s little brother, who doesn’t talk, because her mother decided to go to a party involving “party animals” in their 20s (Chelsea Handler).

“Fun Size” is a PG-13 Nickelodeon production with bits made for kids, and then for teens, and then adults, and then kids again. While this didn’t bother me, it might concern some parents. I enjoyed the Halloween milieu that focused on trick or treating minus the horror that usually goes with it in movies. In addition, Petite redhead Jane Levy is a highlight as is tall redhead Riki Lindhome as the Galaxy Scout.

The problem is, it was shot in June, 2011, which takes away from the (supposedly) late October ambiance. I can handle that since it’s nothing new (“Halloween,” for instance, was filmed in May). Unfortunately, not only does the viewer have to put up with the teen guy’s sapphic mothers (yes, plural), there’s a scene where the two ex-hippies are making some kind of NObama mural. Get real.

It runs 1 hour, 26 minutes, and was mostly shot in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, which is just east of Cleveland. Wren’s house interiors were filmed in Lakewood, which is on the other side of the big city while the "Captain Chicken" sequences were done on Euclid Ave in the city.

GRADE: C/C-