Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

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Spy Kids:
All the Time in the World
Spy Kids in 4D - All the Time in the World official poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Written byRobert Rodriguez
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • Robert Rodriguez
  • Jimmy Lindsey
Edited by Dan Zimmerman
Music by
  • Robert Rodriguez
  • Carl Thiel
Production
company
Distributed by Dimension Films [1]
Release dates
  • July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31)(L.A. Live)
  • August 19, 2011 (2011-08-19)(United States)
Running time
89 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$27 million [3]
Box office$85.6 million [4]

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (also known as Spy Kids in 4D: All the Time in the World) is a 2011 American spy action comedy film co-produced, written, co-shot, co-composed, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the standalone sequel to Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and the fourth installment in the Spy Kids film series. The film stars Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Ricky Gervais, and Jeremy Piven.

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Spy Kids: All the Time in the World premiered at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California on July 31, 2011, and was released in the United States on August 19, by Dimension Films. [1] The film used "Aroma-scope", which allowed audiences to smell odors and aromas from the film through scratch and sniff cards. [5] It received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed over $85 million worldwide against a production budget of $27 million, becoming the lowest-grossing film in the series. A fifth film, Spy Kids: Armageddon , was released in 2023.

Plot

OSS agent Marissa Wilson is attempting to capture a criminal named Tick Tock, who purchases a mini-disk stolen from the OSS. Despite being nine months pregnant and going into labor, she continues her pursuit against the admonitions of her boss Danger D'Amo. Tick Tock is captured and the mini-disk, which contains information on a weapon of mass destruction called Project Armageddon, is retrieved.

At the hospital, Marissa meets her spy-hunting TV host husband, Wilbur, and her two stepchildren, twins Rebecca and Cecil. Marissa gives birth to a daughter, Maria. A year later, Wilbur has created a five-year plan in which if his show is successful, he will spend more time with the kids. On the other hand, Rebecca does not accept Marissa as a replacement for her late mother and delights in playing pranks on her. Attempting to strengthen her rapport with Rebecca, Marissa gives her a red sapphire necklace.

One night, the media reports that time is speeding up at an increasing rate. A criminal mastermind called the Time Keeper claims responsibility, saying that he will unleash Project Armageddon as a punishment upon a society that he believes wastes time in pointless goals instead of treasuring time with their loved ones. The Time Keeper demands that Tick Tock bring him the Chronos Sapphire, which is revealed to be the jewel in the necklace Marissa gave to Rebecca. The OSS calls Marissa out of retirement and instructs her to bring the Sapphire with her. When Marissa asks for it from Rebecca, it further strains their relationship.

At OSS Headquarters, Marissa discovers that Rebecca has swapped out the Chronos for baby food. Tick Tock's henchmen break into Marissa's house, and Rebecca and Cecil are directed to take refuge in a Panic Room, where they view a video of Marissa informing them of her secret career and that their dog Argonaut is a talking weaponized robot. The twins escape and go to OSS, where Marissa's niece and their step-cousin, Carmen Cortez, gives the twins a tour of the defunct Spy Kids Division, allowing them to take a gadget as a souvenir each.

The twins go after the Time Keeper, where their search leads them to a clock shop, which happens to be Tick Tock's secret lair. The twins view a video of the Wells Experiment, which reveals the nature of the Chronos in Rebecca's necklace, as it saved a boy who was frozen in time by the experiment. The twins are captured by Tick Tock but are rescued by Marissa and Carmen, though Tick Tock manages to steal the Chronos. Wilbur begins an investigation to capture his first spy and unknowingly captures footage of his family fighting off the Time Keeper's henchmen. Shocked to learn that his wife is a spy, he gets fired when he destroys the footage that he and his cameraman filmed of the battle and becomes estranged from Marissa and the children.

As time continues to speed up, OSS agents are debriefed on the Wells Experiment. The OSS shut down the experiment and place the device under lockdown. Among the agents assigned to the case is Carmen's estranged brother, Juni Cortez. The twins confront Danger over the fact that his watch is similar to the one worn by the Time Keeper, and his name is an anagram of "Armageddon". He reveals that he is the Time Keeper and imprisons them in their room. When a group of OSS agents led by Marissa, Carmen, and Juni return to the clock shop to confront the Time Keeper, he freezes the agents in time using circuitry in their ID badges and does the same to several cities.

Juni, who wasn't frozen due to Carmen angrily throwing away his ID badge into the trash, manages to free Marissa and Carmen. Danger reveals the Armageddon Device was created to travel back in time and that his father was head of the Wells Experiment, and he was the boy frozen in time. His father spent the rest of his life trying unsuccessfully to set him free. The OSS managed to shut down the experiment with the Chronos. Now, Danger plans to use the Armageddon Device to go back in time to spend more time with his father.

Cecil deduces that Danger has already tried this multiple times, but he comes back worse each time and reveals that Tick Tock and his minions are all versions of himself. Rebecca tells Danger that he should use what time he has wisely instead of trying to acquire more. Danger enters the finally open time vortex and goes to finally meets his father, then he returns as an elderly form of himself and realizes that Cecil was right. He shuts down the device, and Tick Tock is apprehended by Wilbur, who is reunited with Marissa and the children, promising he won't wait to have time for them, instead, he will make time for them.

Carmen and Juni announce they will co-lead a revived Spy Kids program, while Rebecca and Cecil become recruiters of new agents, including the audience members watching the movie and various kids around the world.

Cast

Additionally, Belle and Genny Solorzano portray Maria Wilson/Spy Baby, Marissa and Wilbur's daughter, and Rebecca and Cecil's half-sister. Danny Trejo portrays Isador "Machete" Cortez, Carmen and Juni's uncle and Marissa's brother and Angela Lanza portrays Female Spy OSS Agent.

Production

Development

A different fourth Spy Kids movie was thought of by Robert Rodriguez, which would have been animated and direct-to-DVD, but it never materialized. [6]

Years later, Rodriguez was prompted by an incident on the set of Machete (a stand-alone film focusing on the Spy Kids supporting character of the same name) to start envisioning a fourth main film in the Spy Kids series. Star Jessica Alba had her then-one year old baby Honor Marie and was dressed to appear on camera when her baby's diaper "exploded". Watching Alba change the diaper while trying not to get anything on her clothes prompted Rodriguez to think "What about a spy mom?" [7] [8] Production on the film was officially announced in September 2009, six years after the release of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over , by Dimension Films. [9] The script for the film was completed by Robert Rodriguez in December the same year. [10] The title for the film was officially revealed as Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as well as an August 2011 release window, [11] which was later updated to an August 19 release date. [12]

Filming

Filming began on October 27, 2010 [13] and concluded in February 2011. [14]

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and on DVD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy combo packs on November 22, 2011. [15]

Reception

Box office

The film took in $4 million on its opening day and $11 million over the three-day weekend, debuting in third place behind The Help and Rise of the Planet of the Apes . That was on the low end of expectations, but an executive of The Weinstein Company said: "We're okay with this number. We're going to be in good shape with this film, and it will play for the rest of the summer".[ citation needed ] The following weekend, it dropped 48% to $6 million, and took sixth place, and on the following weekend, it earned an additional $6.8 million over the four-day Labor Day Weekend. As of November 2011, the film earned $38 million in the U.S and $47 million in other countries for a worldwide gross of $85 million, becoming the poorest performing film in the series. [4]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes Spy Kids: All the Time in the World has an approval rating of 23% based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The website's critics consensus states: "Burdened by a rote plot and unfunny scatological humor, All the Time in the World suggests that the Spy Kids franchise has run its course." [16] On Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 37 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [17] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. [18]

Common Sense Media gave the film 1 out of 5 stars, writing: "Positive messages can't save [the] worst film in action series". [19]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2011 ALMA Award Favorite MovieWon
2012Blimp AwardFavorite Butt KickerJessica AlbaWon
2012 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor and Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Ten and UnderMason Cook and Rowan BlanchardNominated

Sequel

Dimension Films had announced the fifth installment in the Spy Kids film series, shortly following the release of All the Time in the World, with intentions to have the cast return in their respective roles. However, the project entered development hell, and with the movie's new children actors Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook aging through the years, the project was seemingly abandoned. [20]

By January 2021 however, a relaunch of the franchise was announced as being in development, as a Netflix exclusive film. Robert Rodriguez returned as director, in addition to serving as co-writer with his son Racer Max. The project was a joint-venture production between Skydance Media and Spyglass Media Group. Netflix acquired the distribution rights for the film. Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Everly Carganilla, Connor Esterson and Billy Magnussen serve as the starring family of the production. The filmmaker later explained that Armageddon incorporated a new family because so much time had passed since All the Time in the World, and so he wanted to incorporate a new set of characters before returning to what came before. [21]

Future

In September 2023, Rodriguez confirmed that Netflix intends to develop additional Spy Kids movies, [21] with the filmmaker expressing hope to begin production on a sequel the following year. [22] Rodriguez confirmed that he intends to bring back "legacy characters" from the previous installments in any future movies. [21]

Animated television series

An animated series based on the films, Spy Kids: Mission Critical, was released in 2018 on Netflix. [23]

Notes

  1. ^ The Walt Disney Company had to cut their own share with The Weinstein Company to 5% after the latter party lost their bid to reclaim Miramax Films. [24] [25]

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