La noche que salvamos a mamá

I enjoyed the film. But, there are decidedly lame aspects to the story. Production and acting are fine and help the somewhat stale retread of a "secret" family history of a checkered past. Some standard elements of gross out humor that really weren't needed, and the hammer is heavy coming down to have the "lessons learned" from the caper about belief in one's self and love. On the other hand, there wasn't really anything inappropriate for kids and that is sometimes amazing in a film. (And I say that as a single man without any kids.) Been done much better, but this still was a fun film to watch.

Clancy is a 15 year old girl in suburbia. She fights with her overprotective mother (Malin Akerman). Her father (Ken Marino) is a baker. Her younger brother Kevin tells tall tales. Her best friend Mim is sassy. Kevin has a sleepover with friend Lewis. The four kids are launched into a night of crazy adventures when the parents get kidnapped and they discover that their mother is a former high class thief in witness protection. The mother is reunited with former lover Leo (Joe Manganiello) to steal a valuable crown.

I like all the actors. This is like a combination of Spy Kids and Adventures in Babysitting except less, stupider, and cheaper. It's not the end of the world. I still like the characters for the most part. The kids are all great but it probably has too much of the adults. Jay should definitely be a grizzly old man living in the abandoned subway. This is a Netflix flick which seems to be more than a Disney TV movie but less than a full theatrical release.

It's dumb, funny and hardly makes sense. The jokes are okay. Looks like it is aimed at a younger and older demographic. This is definitely in the "watch it with your family on a lazy night" category.

Not for adults, but for children a pretty exciting and nice spy-like movie. They seemed to like it! So their rating is 7.

Btw, I love Netflix...

It is a kids' action film, but there are loads of jokes for adults. It is fun, adventurous and really cool. I enjoyed it way more than expected.