When the minor characters of Porky and Buckwheat steal the few moments that they're on screen and leave the leading gang members of Spanky and Alfalfa to rip off what was done better 60 years before in ways that will make fans of the original series of shorts cringe. The great thing about the original series is that even when the kids were trying to act like adults, they didn't be anything but kids playacting and being silly. Here, their adult dialog is completely out of place, a fault of the script and not the majority of the cast. But each time that Froggy, Darla and Waldo are on hand, I cringed. Waldo's narcissism makes him instantly dislikable, an irony considering who plays his father in a completely unnecessary and hypocritical cameo.
There is no central plotline other than their desire to create a new go cart after theirs is stolen, with the town bullies chasing Alfalfa and Spanky into a ballet hall where they try to act like Mae West to fool them. It's artificial and tacky. In addition, cameos (some with no dialog) have no real point. Even when the feeling of nostalgia takes over when you hear the iconic theme and see a Petey lookalike, it quickly fades. The dialog is often very inappropriate for children the age of these characters, and that makes this one of the most unnecessary rip-off movies ever made.
There is no central plotline other than their desire to create a new go cart after theirs is stolen, with the town bullies chasing Alfalfa and Spanky into a ballet hall where they try to act like Mae West to fool them. It's artificial and tacky. In addition, cameos (some with no dialog) have no real point. Even when the feeling of nostalgia takes over when you hear the iconic theme and see a Petey lookalike, it quickly fades. The dialog is often very inappropriate for children the age of these characters, and that makes this one of the most unnecessary rip-off movies ever made.