Fun Size 2012

Andy Webster, New York Times: There's an effervescent tempo to "Fun Size," a gleeful "After Hours" for All Hallow's Eve, but for tweens and teenagers, and set in Cleveland. Read more

Alison Willmore, AV Club: Justice is a pretty, personality-free screen presence, while the more interesting cast members, like Levy and Handler, are stuck in shrill, unsympathetic roles. Read more

Tom Russo, Boston Globe: Just like a Halloween miniatures assortment, something for everyone - or no one, as the case may be. Read more

Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: Boobs. Boobs. Boobs. Boobs. Boobs. If your tween can handle that, they can handle Nickelodeon's naughtiest kids' movie Read more

David Martindale, Dallas Morning News: Like a "fun size" chocolate bar, it's just empty calories. It's a momentary pleasure, instantly forgotten. Read more

Adam Graham, Detroit News: It feels like a project that was pitched for the CW but watered down for Nickelodeon audiences. In the end, everyone loses. Read more

Jeff Labrecque, Entertainment Weekly: There remains a huge market for a great Halloween teen comedy, but Fun Size is the disappointing apple that your crazy-haired neighbor gives you instead of candy. Feel free to dump this one in the bushes. Read more

Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter: Though it doesn't always hit the hilarity target, this tween-targeted romp strikes a sweet-but-not-sappy balance. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: "Fun Size" lives up to the candy correlation of its title. It's pleasurable enough in the moment, but the buzz fades quickly. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, NPR: The fun to be had in Fun Size, a 'tween comedy featuring Victoria Justice of the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious, is neither gigantic nor minuscule; it's just about fun size, which is probably enough. Read more

Miriam Bale, New York Daily News: By the end of this romp, "Fun Size" actually accomplished something charming: sentimentality without normality. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: "Fun Size" presents the broiling hormones of youth at room temperature. Read more

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: "Fun Size" seems trapped in a limbo between a hyperkinetic comedy for kids and something more outlaw for teens. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Befitting the title, there's little nutritional value, but there's a bit of sweetness inside the throwaway wrapper. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Screenwriter Max Werner and director Josh Schwartz clearly have several well-worn copies of Adventures in Babysitting between them, but they keep the gags coming at a brisk pace. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: This is a dog's breakfast of a film, lurching from simpering teen-romcom sentiment to off-colour paedophile gags to sub-'Juno' hipster cultural references to a lecture on the woes of single motherhood without breaking stride. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: There's little fun to be had in this foolish Halloween comedy that generates many more eye rolls than laughs. Read more

Andrew Barker, Variety: A hydra-headed attempt to dirty up the Nickelodeon brand while simultaneously scrubbing raunchy high-school hookup tropes into family-friendly shape. Read more

Karina Longworth, Village Voice: A smart and emotionally satisfying slice of wish fulfillment, tracing how a threatened family finds harmony. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: This is utterly disposable stuff, but it does have its moments. Read more

Jen Chaney, Washington Post: A 90-minute theatrical release from Nickelodeon Productions that, if anything, should have aired as a half-hour Nickelodeon special. Read more