Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

kailomonkey I loved this show in the 90s. It probably started my conviction in enjoying shows that can give the wrong impression but are actually smart and entertaining to older viewers.Rugrats is about a group of babies (but not made for babies). They can talk to one-another but not adults, with toddlers being a middle ground who can talk fully with either, much like Stewie in family guy today. The show is also full of references, mostly to movies and TV.Their greatest enemy is fear resulting from misunderstanding, often exacerbated by their older toddler cousin who likes messing with them, or simply imagined enemies in their games that come to life like a vivid long cutaway.As time went on they eventually added more characters to the baby mix which weakened the show and going back to the earliest episodes the show started quite different with no speaking sections perhaps actually aimed at a young audience. However at its height Rugrats was one of the smartest and most entertaining animations on TV.

busyb94 I had first discovered "Rugrats" since the mid 1990s(during the show's production hiatus), in which I was only a mere Rugrat myself. I loved the characterization, I loved the humour and every aspect of every episode just left me hungry for more. Definitely a great experience of my childhood. However, the later episodes are often criticised, most notably the ones after the show had originally ended production/took a hiatus in 1994. But in my opinion, I find myself enjoying the later episodes as well, even if they are not up to standard with the much earlier episodes. I also loved the development of the characters and the story lines, as I had mentioned earlier. The show's first season mostly focused on Tommy(who in the first season, for the most part, actually acted like a proper baby), but eventually as the series progressed, it began to focus on Phil, Lil, Angelica and even Chuckie. Most notably later on, when we found out that his mother died. It also does well in tugging your heartstrings, as episodes like "I Remember Melville", "Moving Away", AND "Regarding Stuie" show, as well as the movie "Rugrats in Paris". In the early 2000s, it began to wane in popularity due to criticisms of Klasky/Csupo producing the majority of the Nicktoons(in spite of Nickelodeon asking Klasky/Csupo to produce Nicktoons for them, instead of Klasky/Csupo just randomly pitching Nicktoons for the network) and the show was eventually cancelled in 2004, due to "Rugrats Go Wild" flopping and "All Grown Up" (which was recently rumored to be retconned as of late) was becoming fairly popular. Not to mention that SpongeBob's popularity soared heavily during that time period and its movie did so well, that Nickelodeon decided that cancelling and ending that show was a mistake. To me, "SpongeBob" actually suffered a worse fate than "Rugrats". Because whilst "Rugrats" added new characters, at least it never made inconsistent changes to the previous-existing characters and didn't focus on sadistic and mean-spirited efforts to be funny. That is just my opinion on the matter. "Rugrats" is a cartoon, that to me, will never get old, has stood the test of time for me and paid high contributions to Nickelodeon's success(though we can't forget that it was Ren and Stimpy that put the Nicktoons on the map).

nursewratchet_romanorn Yes the greatest ever-even better than the Simpsons. Rugrats managed to do everything that the Simpsons did, without being rude, vulgar, and obnoxious. Well OK, Angelica was obnoxious. Anyway-The best part of the show, was how accurate every character type was portrayed. You had the super intelligent Tommy, the I am not sure, I am scared of everything Chucky, The spoiled brat cousin Angelica, the I can do anything as good as you Susie, and the bro and sis twins who argued about absolutely everything-Phil and LIl. And then there were the parents and Grandparents. The workaholic, power suit wearing, I am always in charge-Angelica's mom, coupled with Drew(Tommy's uncle)-The yes dear, whatever you say, and I am always right older brother to Tommy's dad Stu. Stu the stay at home dad wannabe inventor, and his wife who always seemed to keep everything together, no matter how bad it got-Didi. Chucky's dad the paper pusher accountant type-who was also never sure about anything(his wife left them in the first season, then later had died). Phil and Lil's parents- The role switching large sized crack the whip type mom, and the mealy mouthed yes dear husband-Howard(who always seemed to have a lot of laundry to do). And last but not least-the granddad(drew and Stu's dad) who lived with Tommy, and my favorite characters-Boris and Minka(from the old country)- Tommy's other Grandparents. As far as I could tell, all the main characters were Jewish, which clearly led to the charm of the show. Another great part, was that the writers always threw in a couple of jokes that only adult viewers would get. So you as the parent would always want to watch, if for nothing else than to see what jokes they would have that day. To this day, my wife and I both use references from Rugrats episodes on a regular basis. Similar to MASH, the baby characters would mispronounce words, that would be a play on that word to give it more than one meaning. My oldest child grew up watching the show, and I think it actually helped her quite a bit. Every funny family subject was covered-especially holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Passover and Chanukah. There were several Stu invention shows, shows where the babies got lost(mostly because Grandpa fell asleep), and even a 4 part episode about Reptar(their version of Godzilla). If I had to pick one show to watch for the rest of my life-Rugrats would be right up there with MASH and Bonanza, and maybe Star Trek TNG. Can't recommend it highly enough. Tons and tons of great life lessons disguised as a kids' show. And all done in the best light hearted manner possible. Glad they have the reruns on again on late night Nick. At times the show is so funny you cannot take your eyes off it!! IT is the kind of old school humor that doesn't exist anymore!!

Criticman12 Back in the 90's, there was a network called, Nicktoons. It was just like Cartoon Network and it had some great show's like, Doug, The Angry Beavers and CatDog. But there was another show that was really popular. Heck, even Steven Spielberg loved this show! The show was called, Rugrats.The show is about a group of toddlers going on funny adventure's.What make's this show really great are the character's. Tommy is the leader of the group and he is a brave baby, Chuckie is alway's scared but also likable, and the twins, Phil and Lil, argue a lot and also funny. But then there's Angelica. She is a spoiled brat and Tommy's cousin. She is mostly mean to the babies's throughout the series.It also has some colorful animation.When, "The Rugrat's Movie", was released, we were introduced to, Dil Pickles, Tommy's baby brother. He is sometime's cute and funny. But the series started to go downhill after when, "Rugrat's in Paris", was released. Because we were introduced to Chuckie's stepsister, Kimie. I did not care too much about Kimie because she was pretty annoying at time's and the season's with Kimie, get really boring.In the end, "Rugrats", is a classic animated show that will entertain little kids and adults (Like I said about Spielberg's opinion on the show). But season's 7 to 9 are really boring, so you're better off watching season's 1 to 6.