Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Tim Hill

Writers (WGA):

David L. Watts (story) and
Jonathan Bernstein (story) ...

Release Date:

5 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

His World. His Rules.

Plot:

Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.

Plot Keywords:

Moving | School | Revenge | Principal | Bully

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Alex D. Linz	...	Max Keeble
Larry Miller	...	Principal Elliot T. Jindraike
Jamie Kennedy	...	Evil Ice Cream Man
Zena Grey	...	Megan
Josh Peck	...	Robe
Nora Dunn	...	Lily Keeble
Robert Carradine	...	Don Keeble
Clifton Davis	...	Supt. Bobby 'Crazy Legs' Knebworth
Amy Hill	...	Mrs. Rangoon
Noel Fisher	...	Troy McGinty
Orlando Brown	...	Dobbs
Amber Valletta	...	Ms. Dingman
Justin Berfield	...	Caption Writer
Veronica Alicino	...	Mrs. Talia
Brooke Anne Smith	...	Jenna

Also Known As:

7th Grade Heart Attack (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some bullying and crude humor.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour | Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G | Germany:6 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies - 5931 W. 18th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Superintendent Bobby "Crazy Legs" Knebworth's nickname was taken from real life former Chicago Rockets/Los Angleles Rams halfback Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch.

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount of spaghetti eaten off Max Keeble

Quotes:

Principal Jindraike: you may be under the impression that I encourage horseplay and malarkey, you're wrong, I don't encourage it, I excourage it.
Max: Excourage, sir?
Principal Jindraike: It means the opposite of encourage, look it up.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#29.6)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Stuck in America

JUNIOR HIGH HYPERBOLE - Lighten up !

Take it easy, folks !! This is only a MOVIE, and this one is intended to be a fanciful exaggeration from the word go. I took my 11 yo son to see it, and he had no problem understanding that.

Isn't this movie supposed to be an extreme comic view of the unfair world of junior high from an underdog's point of view? Think of The Three Stooges - did anybody take their scripts to task? No, but everybody LAUGHED!

Better judgment triumphs in the end in most respects, in Max Keeble's Big Move. And Max earns respect not because he's the toughest, but because his turnabout beats the bullies at their own game, and because he won't let his buddies take the rap alone.

This movie, and Shrek, See Spot Run, Cats & Dogs, and Spy Kids, are some of the most enjoyable movies I have seen in the last 10 months. Not since "What Women Want" or "The Brothers" have I seen an adult movie that was near as funny as any of these kiddie movies. (Okay, add in "Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou".)

I only hope that overly critical attitudes aren't congenital.