Thunderpants (2002)
2/10
About what you would expect
28 March 2005
Its clearly a film made for kids, but somehow I doubt that many kids would find it particularly engaging. As an adult, you can guess its going to be pretty bad from the title... and you would be right.

The script sometimes takes a quirky diversion, but on the whole it is too predictable and unfunny. You would expect more scatological humour, but surprisingly its not there. All you get is a lot of fart noises, some good shock wave special effects and plenty of references to baked beans.

I could find some things to like in the art direction and retro styling; the use of green as a signature colour, the fact that all of the cars on the housing estate are identical drab green minis (I'd suspect the influence of Cox's 'Repo Man' here). But you are clutching at straws if these are the best things you can notice in a film.
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