MOVIE REVIEW - Fun Size

Here comes the latest teen comedy/Halloween flick, Fun Size new this week.

You understand the logic of making Fun Size.  It's Halloween. Kids drive the box office, and there are a few young stars here that will bring in a young audience this October.  I understand that was the basic idea.  I'm just not sure it was a good idea.

It's the story of Wren (Victoria Justice).   She is a high school kid who is trying hard to fit in with the cool crowd and hang out with the cute boys.  Her friend April (Jane Levy) is the driving force behind this ambition.   Wren and her little brother Albert (Jackson Nicoll) live with their single mom Joy (Chelsea Handler.)  Joy is recently widowed and is now sewing her wild oats with her new 26 year- old boyfriend.  That means much of the caring for Albert who is 8 years old, falls on Wren.

Wren has to take Albert out for trick or treating, and has to cancel her own plans of going to a "super cool" party.  She then promptly loses track of the elusive Albert who has his own plans of causing havoc on Halloween.   Albert is dressed up as Spiderman, so he's hard to find. Albert also has chosen not to talk in a year, so he's hard to communicate with.  Will they find Albert?  And will everything work out in the end?  I'm guessing yes.  You?

First off, Jackson Nicoll would have a hard time begin any more adorable.  He creates this pretty funny character with no words at all.  And for a little boy, that's pretty cool.  Also Justice is a fresh movie face, and at times Levy gives you a good laugh or two. Plus, there is some funny parody and satire on the under 30 generation that was fairly spot-on and amusing for a while.   But the above is not reason enough to make this a full length movie.

What this is, is a made for TV movie that would be a good Nickelodeon flick for their cable network.  (They made this movie) This just looks like one of those movies and not one you throw down 10 bucks for.  This is a straight to video movie at best.

Fun for those of us from Northeast Ohio, as this was filmed in Cleveland, and much of the city and surrounding area is on good display.  It's fun to see how they wove in the city to the movie.  This makes two movies at the box office right now made here, with Alex Cross being the other.

Fun Size.  You only have to wait 60 days for this to make it to video for a buck or two.  You can make it, trust me.