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Spy Kids is a 2001 American spy action comedy film co-produced, written, edited, co-composed, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Danny Trejo, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Teri Hatcher, Cheech Marin, Robert Patrick, and Tony Shalhoub.
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Spy Kids is an American media franchise centered on a series of spy action comedy films created by Robert Rodriguez. The plot follows various children, who discover that their respective parents are spies and become involved in an espionage organization when their parents go missing.
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Ingrid and Gregorio Cortez are rival spies who fall in love. They retire and have two children, Carmen and Juni Cortez, whom they shield from their lives to protect them from inherent danger, and the children are none the wiser of their parents' previous career. The couple work for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) doing desk work, but are sud...
Main Characters
1. Antonio Banderas as Gregorio Cortez 2. Carla Gugino as Ingrid Cortez 3. Alexa Vega as Carmen Cortez 4. Daryl Sabara as Juni Cortez 5. Alan Cumming as Fegan Floop 6. Tony Shalhoub as Alexander Minion 7. Teri Hatcher as Ms. Gradenko 8. Cheech Marin as Felix Gumm 9. Robert Patrick as Mr. Lisp 10. Danny Trejo as Isador "Machete" Cortez
Supporting Characters
1. Mike Judge as Donnagon/Donnamight 2. George Clooney as Devlin
Minor Characters
1. Richard Linklater as Cool Spy 2. Guillermo Navarro as Pastor 3. Johnny Reno as Agent Johnny 4. Shannon Shea as FoOglie #1/Flower 5. Norman Cabrera as FoOglie #2/Tall & Skinny 6. Trant Batey as FoOglie #3/Too Too 7. Andy W. Bossley as Brat 8. Jeff Dashnawas Brat's Dad 9. Kara Slack as Leticia, Carmen's friend 10. Ermahn Ospina as Cab Driver 11. Emilio Navarro-Mackissack as Excited Kid at Playground 12. Evan Sabaraas 'Intruder' Spy Kid 13. Rachel Duhame as President's Robot Daughter 14. Hous...
Robert Rodriguez's first family-oriented production was the short film Bedhead in 1991; since the release of El Mariachi a year later in 1992, he desired to make the same type of full-length family features as he experienced in his childhood, saying "People who saw my short Bedhead have been saying, “When are you going to do a movie like that?” I w...
The film score is written by John Debney and Danny Elfman, with contributions from a variety of others, including director Robert Rodriguez and Marcel Rodriguez. Among Elfman's contributions is "Floop's Song (Cruel World)", which is performed by Alan Cumming. Los Lobos covers the Tito Puente song, "Oye Como Va" (adapted as "Oye Como Spy" by David G...
In March 2001, Spy Kidsscreened for exhibitors at the ShoWest in Las Vegas. The buzz continued to build over the next few weeks before its March 30 release. Spy Kids was the first film to be promoted as a part of a two-year between Miramax and Pop Secret signed on June 2001. Formalized thanks to the successes of Spy Kids and Bridget Jones' Diary, t...
Box Office
Spy Kids opened theatrically in 3,104 venues on March 30, 2001, earning $26,546,881 in its first weekend and ranking first in the North American box office. It held the number one spot for three weeks before being toppled by the second weekend earnings of Bridget Jones's Diary, which was also released by Miramax.The film ultimately grossed $112,719,001 in the United States and Canada, and $35,215,179 overseas for a worldwide total of $147,934,180.
Critical reviews
Spy Kids received high critical acclaim upon release. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 93% approval rating based on 129 reviews and an average rating of 7.20/10, while audiences scored at 46% based on over 250,000 ratings, with an average rating of 3.1/5. The site's critical consensus reads: "A kinetic and fun movie that's sure to thrill children of all ages". Metacritic reports a 71 out of 100 score based on 27 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Tim...
Extended version
A Special Edition version was released to theaters on August 8, 2001, with a deleted scene not present in the original theatrical release or the DVD. It was also supposedly released in specially marked Kellogg's boxes for a limited time in Canada, alongside three other movies. There were plans to release the special edition to DVD, and it would've included a director's commentary, interviews and deleted scenes that didn’t make it to the special edition, but it was cancelled for unknown reason...
Robert Rodriguez named several characters after members of his family, including his sister Carmen or Maricarmen, his brother Juni, and his uncles Gregorio (who was a special agent in the FBI) and...Ms. Gradenko's name is the same as a song by The Police on their 1983 album, Synchronicity.Angie Harmon was considered for the role of Ingrid. Harmon’s role on the 1990 TV Series Law & Order prevented Harmon from accepting the role in the film.One of Gugino's biggest challenges was kissing her co-star Banderas. She had to repeatedly kiss her on-screen husband in a careful manner that was deemed appropriate for the film's target audience,...Retrospective pieces consider Spy Kids significant in 2001 for starring a Latino secret-agent family. Shalhoub added other reasons why it was a unique family film: "I don’t think there was anything ever like this before. So it had that whole component going for it, too. It was comedic. It was a little creepy in places. I think it had a bit of a dar...
Novelization
1. Main article: Spy Kids: Junior Novel Talk Miramax Books released a novelization of the movie in early March 2001. The novel was written by children's book author Megan Stine. The posters and end of the credits even say "Read the Talk/Miramax Books", telling the viewers to read the print retelling.
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Two kids become spies in attempt to save their ex-spies parents from an evil mastermind. Armed with a bag of high tech gadgets, Carmen and Juni will bravely crisscross the globe on a mission to save their parents and maybe even the world.
