Aaron Abrams, Chevy Chase, Courteney Cox

An unpopular high school girl is whisked away by her mysterious father to a school for superheroes where she discovers her talents.

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53% liked it

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4% liked it

56 critics

PG, 1 hr. 23 min.

Directed by: Peter Hewitt

Release Date: August 11, 2006

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DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003

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  • April 5, 2009
    OK there's not much to say here...this is yet ANOTHER super hero comic book adventure which X-Men kicked off way back. Im getting sick of them simply because they are all the same, especially the ones aimed at kids giving nothing new to the genre.
    This is usual story line ,usual ...( read more)kiddie cliches, unfunny aging actors, useless kiddie actors, cheesey cgi and crap super hero ideas all round...think spy kids.

    Joins the ranks of....Sky High, and Incredibles (yep..didn't like that either) in fact its almost the same as sky high haha
    This genre has been drained of all originality and basic concepts, lets put super hero's to rest please, for gods sake no more.
    All these spoof super hero films is are a rip off from an old mid eighties comic classic, which still goes strong in the US, by the name of The Tick, Mystery Men took the original idea from the tick and from there it has exploded.
  • October 6, 2008
    "They're going to save the world . . . as long as they're home for dinner"

    Former superhero Jack Shepard, (also known as Captain Zoom), is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into a new generation of superheroes at a privacy Academy and save ...( read more)the world from certain destruction. The project holds an audition of would-be members, most of whom possess useless or disgusting powers. In the end, Dylan, a 17-year-old boy who can turn invisible Summer, a 16-year-old girl with telekinetic powers Tucker, a 12-year-old boy with the power to enlarge any part of his body Cindy, a 6-year-old girl with super strength.

    "Zoom" is a kids' superhero flick based on the novel "Zoom's Academy" written by Jason Lethcoe. In it, Tim Allen stars as a has-been superhero who's tasked to train four young superheroes to battle a nemesis. With that, you pretty much know what to expect. Unfortunately, that's all. While the film has all what comprises a prototype of this milked-dry genre, the experience is overtly familiar and dull.

    Jack Shephard (Allen... nope, not Matthew Fox) was Captain Zoom, a superhero who can travel at superhuman speeds, and one of the members of the military-sponsored superhero group "Team Zenith." But he has since lost his powers after a military experiment has gone awry that also has his teammates killed. 30 years later Jack is brought back to train four youngsters with superpowers when a new malevolent threat from the past emerges.

    First of all, the script of Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum doesn't attain new heights with their blunt dealing of a theme that's been done more excellently with "The Incredibles" and "Sky High." And director Peter Hewitt ("Garfield"), who clearly isn't exactly a master storyteller himself, has little to work from with such a dull and hollow material. All of the characters are perfunctory parts rather than humans portraying genuine conflicts.

    Also, for a film that's called "Zoom," the film drags: it lacks a sufficient amount of action. We're supposed to see the kids train, but all we're mostly shown are unfunny attempts at slapstick humor that the filmmakers assume would elicit laughters from the little tots among the audience (uhm, Courteney Cox tripping down and Chevy Chase getting slime on his face, anyone?). What constitutes for training involve at the most paint balls and a drive-thru chaos at a Wendy's restaurant. Yes, there's the climactic fight sequence at the end but it's too quick, unexciting, and not enough by a mile for a film that has terribly dragged along.

    Ultimately, what transpires is a terribly unfunny movie that wears out its welcome faster than its main character runs.
  • May 22, 2008
    Too much time is devoted to training these superhero kids and not enough battles in the real world. Their powers were odd-ball. The jokes about their costumes and names were good. I laughed at their cheap-O robot Mr. Pibb and the flying saucer drive-through visit. Chevy Chase mad...( read more)e a fun gadget scientist. Decent premise with Tim Allen as a loser superhero, but more actual battles needed to be written into the story.
  • October 4, 2007
    From the boom mic in the shots, to the five minute fight scene at the end, to the terrible acting by the team as a whole, to the total lack of understanding behind the conflict with Chevy Chase and Rip Torn and the team, to Tim Allen's lack of understood emotion, to Courtney Cox'...( read more)s most painful character to date - the movie was just plain awful.
  • September 16, 2007
    It wasn't bad...I mostly loved Tim's zingers...man did I laugh...
  • November 13, 2009
    So she was the main character?
  • November 10, 2009
    Unfortunately, not even Tim Allen can save this superhero comedy from its flat characters, dry plot and humorless jokes.
  • October 27, 2009
    It looks absolutelyterrible.
  • October 12, 2009
    Good for the kids, especially, but I thought it was pretty good myself.
  • September 3, 2009
    u can pick up a car and ur six how is that normal lol i love this movie

Critic Reviews


August 12, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Shabbily filmed and resolutely unfunny. full review

August 12, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Cox falls down three times, Allen belches and Chase gets covered with buckets of green snot. Scenes keep ending on non-jokes like this exchange: 'No way!' 'Way!' full review

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Comments


  • starlimitz2
    April 28, 2009
    Oh yeah, it's a lot like Sky High... if you watch it while Hulk Hogan puts you in a massive headlock through out the viewing.
  • jet777
    January 9, 2009
    sounds wickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkeddddddddddddddddddd and totaly awsome
  • YouKnowULoveMe
    April 28, 2007
    look guys this movie was good-if u hate it so much then dont watch it! STOP comlpaining cuz SOME of us liked it
  • midnightt
    April 11, 2007
    who played wonder (summer)
  • clouse368
    April 1, 2007
    its based on the book 'Zooms Acadmy for Supergifted' yet, its not even close to the telling of the book. this is the worst Movie based on a book to date
  • midnightt
    March 16, 2007
    i thought it was an awesome movie, BUT, i also think that the ending(the fight) should have been longer, they were training for over a week and then the final fight was over in five minutes, it should have been longer and should have shown more of the kids abilities
  • xXChocoboxXxHuntryssXx
    September 15, 2006
    sounds Lousy- Like Another sPY kids.
  • gemelosk8
    September 14, 2006
    they were copied of another muvie
  • meena094lyfe
    August 16, 2006
    i think it be cool i might see it at
    theaters

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