Ben Kingsley, Bill Paxton, Brady Corbet
In a family of heroes, Alan Tracy was always being left out. While his father, billionaire and former astronaut Jeff Tracy and his four elder brothers are busy saving the world, Alan's biggest challen...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 21, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (962)
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June 29, 2009Not a terrible film (not good either)...what was the point of this? The reason the Thunderbirds TV show was so cool was the puppets. This film? No puppets. The prosecution rests.
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March 7, 2008Johnathan Frakes is a good actor and, when he's not directing a family film, a fine director. But, he really shouldn't have directed this movie, and the screenplay should've been rejected. The director and writers must understand what the original TV show was really about, as wel...( read more)
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December 21, 2007Bearing in mind I couldn't stand the original puppet series, this needed to be bloody brilliant for me to even like it a little. It wasn't; I didn't. In fairness, Sophia Myles is good as Lady Penelope, and Ron Cook and Ben Kingsley aren't bad as Parker and The Hood, respectively....( read more)
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January 23, 2007Well I'm not sure what to say about this film, due to the lack of any quality at all. I enjoyed it, mainly because I laughed through it! One performance ,which was near enough to the character, was Anothony Edwards' performance of Brains! It was very good, Almost making me believ...( read more)
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June 4, 2006The film fails miserably. Mainly because for some reason the makers decided to aim it squarely at kids, and really young kids at that. It doesn't even focus around the main chracters of the show. It is like Spy Kids with lots of rockets. I was never a fan of the TV show but it wa...( read more)
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November 22, 2009OMFG!!!!!!!!!
This movie was so awesome..................thats what i would be saying if i was 9 years old. But im not 9 so what i will say is this is a movie for kids striaght up if your over the age of 12 you will not like this movie. If your a fan of the old 60s TV show you w...( read more) -
November 19, 2009Not good. No, no, no. The puppets were brilliant, but this was not a good idea. No.
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November 18, 2009awful, awful......fucking awful.....pissed me off bad when me and bro saw it
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November 13, 2009Only Lady something (forgot her name) matters, the rest is ZzZzZzZzZzZz......
Critic Reviews
July 21, 2005
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
July 30, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Fun at times and tedious at others, it's an action-adventure fantasy aimed particularly at gadget-loving boys. full review
July 30, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Not only did the 7-year-old boy inside me have a high old time, so did the 7-year-old daughter sitting next to me. full review
July 30, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is a movie made for an audience that does not exist, at least in the land of North American multiplexes. full review
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