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  • Genre: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy
  • Release Date: 07/18/2008
  • Running Time: 81 mins
  • Director: Kirk Demicco, Norton Virgien
  • Cast: Andy Samberg, Kenan Thompson, Seann William Scott, Omid Abtahi
  • Producer: John H. Williams
  • Writer: Simon Goltsman, Kirk De Micco, David Goetsch, Jason Venokur, Ross Venokur
  • Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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Box Office

  1. Michael Jackson's This Is It, 23.2 mil, 34.4 mil
  2. Paranormal Activity, 16.4 mil, 84.6 mil
  3. Law Abiding Citizen, 7.4 mil, 51.5 mil
  4. Couples Retreat, 6.5 mil, 87.0 mil
  5. Where the Wild Things Are, 5.9 mil, 62.7 mil
  6. Saw VI, 5.3 mil, 22.5 mil
  7. Astro Boy, 3.5 mil, 11.3 mil
  8. The Stepfather, 3.2 mil, 24.6 mil
  9. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, 3.1 mil, 10.8 mil
  10. Amelia, 3.0 mil, 8.3 mil
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Space Chimps

"Dad, which was your favorite part of Space Chimps?" asked the four-year-old the day after a media sneak peek. "Dunno, Harry—probably the part where Kilowatt lets the giant monster swallow her." Kilowatt's an alien with a giant, glowing head perched atop a teensy-tiny body; she blows high-pitched raspberries when excited and is voiced by Kristin Chenoweth, who seems to think she's still on Broadway. All in all, a very funny character—probably should have been the star of the film, rather than Andy Samberg, Patrick Warburton, and Cheryl Hines as monkeys shot into a wormhole to see if there's life on the other side of the galaxy, yawn. But the wee one wasn't impressed. "But, Dad, that scene was just a rip-off from Star Wars!" Pardon? "When Kilowatt says, 'If you swallow me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine,' that's what Obi-Wan says to Darth Vader before he cuts him in half." We agreed that the payoff following the big gulp was a giggle, but then it hit him: "Dad, the whole movie's a rip-off!" Ah, they can't even sneak one past the pre-K crowd, which already saw this when it was called Space Wiggles. The animation, incidentally, is half-assed, like they ran out of the $292.96 budget halfway through. Rip-off, indeed. — Robert Wilonsky


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