Hey Arnold! The Movie Movie Review 2002

Kidpic based on the Nickelodeon series has the cranial oddity cast getting civic-minded about saving their endangered 'hood from an evil corporate developer. Eerily upbeat Arnold battles strangely Ronald Reagan-sounding Scheck who wants to raze their inner-city neighborhood. Together with his more realistic, flat-topped friend Gerald, Arnold employs a variety of ways to save his diverse urban home, from organizing a block party (good) to breaking and entering (hmm. . .this is for kids?). Castellaneta is the voice of Grandpa, who has explosive plans of his own to save the street. Big names (well, their voices) cameo. Some of the charm of the series remains but lacks feature-length punch. Animation suffers from the big screen treatment, as well.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 76 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Animation & Cartoons, Grandparents, Corporate Shenanigans

Screenplay

Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten

Director

Tuck Tucker

Music

Jim Lang

Other

Spencer Klein, Francesca Marie Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Paul Sorvino, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Lloyd, Vincent Schiavelli, Maurice LaMarche, Christopher Hink, Christine Kolosov, Guy Vasilovich

Producer

Albie Hecht, Craig Bartlett, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures