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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonSurprisingly amusing.
- 70L.A. WeeklyMark OlsenL.A. WeeklyMark OlsenIts overall view of 12-year-old life is essentially one of high-spirited fun.
- 70Washington PostWashington PostIt's a clever plot with a minimum of the already tired standard kids-on-computers sequence and a maximum of silly face-to-face deflation.
- 63Miami HeraldMiami HeraldRealistic, it's not. But Max Keeble's Big Move, predictable though it may be, makes most of the right moves for the older elementary/younger middle school market.
- 50New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonNew Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonWhile some of Max's pranks are exhilarating and funny -- the movie takes too long setting things up and, once the pranks are over, dawdles to its inevitable conclusion.
- 40TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsTV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsA shamelessly derivative, if basically likeable, kid's picture.
- 38USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigThe real shocker is how many grown men it took to conceive and write this lamebrained tale.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumGarish, squeal-pitched preteen comedy.
- 30The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThis clunky juvenile comedy lurches among multiple story lines without fully realizing the comic potential of any.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA movie like this depends on clever bits and incidents, but there's little invention here to disguise the film's formulaic nature.