In Nickelodeon's fifth theatrical movie based on their world famous Nicktoons, the Rugrats and the Wild Thornberrys come together. Rugrats, SpongeBob, Ren and Stimpy and Wild Thornberrys were Nickelodeon's most famous shows, so, that being said, you can see why I think this is a gimmick. The movie starts like the other two: with the babies believing their in a parody; this time it's a very loose reference to The Wild Thornberrys. It reveals that Nigel Thornberry is the babies' hero as everyday they watch his nature show. In a completely unrelated plot, Stu takes all the families on a cruise, but they all end up on an island where the Thornberrys picked for their next expedition. (A bit too coincidental, don't you think?)The adults try to plan ways to get out of their island prison while the babies go off on another weird and somewhat gross adventure, this time they come face-to-face with their amnesiac hero, Angelica is with Debbie and we finally hear what Spike has to say while he talks with Eliza. The writing went a bit too far; they could have gone without a few subplots. Random numbers appear all over the place for a "Scrath and Sniff" contest that nobody remembers. This was my first movie in theaters.My Rating: 5/10 Rated PG for Mild Rude Humor

Let me first confess that I'm a Rugrats and Thornberries fan so a vehicle that brings them together has got to attract my attention.The preview for this film (in Turkey) begins with a disembodied Bruce Willis voice complaining how he's never been able to express himself before. We move into a wood-panelled study and Spike and then Lisa.That bought me. (Sold me? Whatever.) The movie has many flaws: a complete absence of any sense of logical development being chief among them. But what the hey, this is a Rugrats movie and the babies can make up any adventure they want.The animation particularly intrigued me. The digital animation of the Combi (in particular, but also the Bathysphere as well) is straight out of Futurama.

Angellica really lets herself go and gets what she deserves: Getting left behind. The cute and adorable kids meet a travelling family. The film lacks creativity, and has musical numbers. Spoofs galore, along with certain jokes and gags courtesy of our funny kids Phil and Donnie. Bruce Willis voices Spike. Didn't Spike speak in a classic episode of RUGRATS (circa. 1991), where Chuckie is dreaming and is trying to defrenciate the lines of fantasy and reality? SURVIVOR, and GILLIGAN'S ISLAND gets spoofed. The only good part is the giant squid. Angellica meets someone with the same personality and someone to relate to (i.e. Debbie) and Chuckie meets someone that looks kind of peculiar (i.e. Donnie). Poor old Stu get verbally belittled by his friends that what he did was a big mistake! A small ship instead of a cruise ship. The film was released on Friday the 13th. So it could blend in with that troublesome event. Unfortunately, Ebert and Roper gave it two thumbs down. Hey it was good. It was better than the previous two film I commented on at the old domain called Matthew. There are morals in this picture, No one likes a bossy, stuck up person. And family time good, work bad. First the woods, then Paris, then an island, and what next, outer space? What will happen there, the kids in there all grown up form will be in space to avoid Angellica and meet friendly, weird, amazing, and funny aliens? Hope not. Let this be the last RUGRATS film. And what will become of THE WILD THORNBERRYS, they will go into an adventure that references such films as THE LOST WORLD, or JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME? Only time will tell, my friend, only time will tell.

The end credits for "Rugrats Go Wild!" include a section headed "Klasky Csupo Accounting," which unfortunately figures; this third theatrical outing for the Rugrats and second one for the Wild Thornberrys plays more like a marketing exercise than an actual movie.With this big-screen crossover of two TV shows, you'd think that they'd both get equal time, but due to their show having been more successful and having their full name in the title (it was originally called "Rugrats Meet The Wild Thornberrys" before someone decided that was too obvious), Tommy, Chucky and the rest get more time on screen than the far more appealing Eliza Thornberry and Co; it's not until near the end that they're on anything like equal footing, and by then the movie's been sabotaged by a plot that's too skimpy for words (the Pickles, Finster and DeVille families - plus Susie - get stranded on the same island that the Thornberrys have pitched up on for their latest jaunt, and cue much running around and shrieking), an ounce of actual amusement amongst a ton of shrill and strained gags, too many characters squeezed into too little time, and far too many songs, pop or otherwise (Chrissie Hynde. Why?).Having Bruce Willis do the voice of Spike doesn't help much, and neither does including some of the most heavy-handed movie references this side of a Leslie Nielsen comedy. In fact, the movie officially becomes a waste of time when their boat capsizes and it turns into a mini-homage to "The Poseidon Adventure," capped by Angelica singing "The Morning After" in her toy karaoke machine. (If only she had been the character played by Stella Stevens.) But even that's more forgiveable than having Stu say "I can't help feeling partially responsible." Stealing lines from "The Simpsons" is the final insult... Eliza's older sister and Betty DeVille are the only ones to emerge intact. Note to Paramount: ENOUGH ALREADY!