Synopsis
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from certain destruction.
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Cast
- Tim AllenJack Sheppard
- Courteney CoxMarsha Holloway
- Chevy ChaseDr. Grant
- Spencer BreslinTucker Willams / Mega-Boy
- Kevin ZegersConnor Shepard / Concussion
- Kate MaraSummer Jones / Wonder
- Michael CassidyDylan West / Houdini
- Ryan Whitney NewmanCindy Collins / Princess
- Rip TornLarraby
- Cornelia GuestCindy's Mom
Recommendations
- 50
New York Daily News
If August has turned the children in your life into Bored Girl and Fidget Boy, you could find worse ways to keep them entertained. - 38
Boston Globe
Pure Saturday matinee kiddie fodder and this close to going straight to DVD. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A family-friendly adventure. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Zoom is a movie that would make Dr. Frankenstein proud. Put together with parts from so many other movies, the thing positively clanks. - 30
Variety
This tepid comic-bookish comedy should zip through its theatrical run faster than a speeding bullet. It likely won't perform much more superheroically in ancillary venues. - 30
L.A. Weekly
Tim Allen gamely brings some humanity to the role of the retired, powerless hero Captain Zoom, but is thwarted at every turn by bad special effects, slapdash editing, interminable pop-song montages, and a goofy performance by Courteney Cox. - 30
The New York Times
Bleeds boredom from every frame. - 25
TV Guide Magazine
One of the most dismal excuses for family entertainment ever perpetrated by a major studio, this crude, lazy variation on Disney's "Sky High" (2005) revolves around the education of four "special" youngsters at the hands of a washed-up superhero.
