5.4 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Wren's Halloween plans go awry when she's made to babysit her brother, who disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. With her best friend and two nerds at her side, she needs to find her brother before her mom finds out he's missing.
Starring: Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann (V), Jane Levy, Chelsea Handler, Thomas McDonellComedy | 100% |
Teen | 59% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UV digital copy
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 1.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
For those on a strict sugar-free diet (yeah, right), those who lack the willpower to venture down the bagged candy isle and come out without a mountain of sugar in the shopping cart (guilty), or for people who simply haven't gone trick-or-treating in some time (raises hand), "fun size," generally, refers to individually wrapped and very small two- or three-bite (or one, for the very adventurous) candy bars sold either in a big bag only with its own kind or mixed in a bag with other flavors manufactured by the same parent company (the Liebman household loves the big bags from Target that contain miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and single serve Kit-Kat bars. Gimmie a break! Gimmie a break! Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar!). Mmmmm. So much sugary goodness, chocolate bliss, every bite an experience, can't eat just one, wrappers all over the counter, chocolate smudged on the face, bag half eaten, stomach rebelling, can't stop, oh, wait, yes, the movie, sorry. Almost forgot. Fun Size yada yada yada CHOCOLATE! OK. Focus. Focus. Get down off that sugar high, Marty. There's a movie to review. A movie. A "movie." As in, "that was a movie?" There wasn't even any candy product placement! In a Halloween movie! But there was a prominent (fake?) chicken joint. With a mascot that has sex with a car. More on that later. CHOCOLATE! OK, here's the easy lead-in: there's nothing "fun" in Fun Size, the latest Nickelodeon film that's inappropriate for kids, too crazy for adults, and too "uncool" for teenagers. Who is the movie for? Gimmie a break.
What came first? The chicken or the Volvo?
Fun Size, simply, looks fantastic on Blu-ray. Paramount's 1080p transfer produces brilliant colors in every scene. The picture delivers a lively, infinitely diverse color palette that showcases beautiful fall colors, Halloween orange, colorful costumes, and home furnishings with the effortlessness of a top-tier transfer. Details are just as striking. The neighborhood daytime shots practically steal the audience's breath; the perfect definition on leaves, grasses, pavement, home exteriors, clothes, and faces is nothing short of remarkable. Even nighttime shots are no problem for either the colors or the detail; neon signs glow brilliantly and textures remain perfectly crisp in every shot. Light grain remains over the image, and there's a general sharpness and clarity to the transfer than cannot be beat. Flesh tones are perhaps a touch warm, but black levels are perfect. There are no compression issues, no print wear, no digital manipulation; this is a striking image from start to finish.
Fun Size features a fun and full DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. It plays music with a steady, crisp, entertaining presence along the front, defined by a balanced low end and pure surround support. In fact, the surrounds are quite active throughout, never overly aggressive but capturing a wide array of sounds that spring the stage to life and practically transform it into Halloween night Cleveland. Whether haunted house ambiance, screams, background thunder, or the light, satisfying din of excited children trick-or-treating around town, the track sonically shapes and defines every last little square inch of each of the film's shots, resulting in the illusion of very real sound authenticity. Dialogue is crisp and well-delivered from the center. This is a great little soundtrack that, along with the video, is the pride of this Blu-ray release.
Fun Size contains the following supplements:
Fun Size brings to mind a number of other, better teen Adventure/Comedy movies, from Adventures in Babysitting to License to Drive. Unfortunately, it's nowhere near as good as most any of them. It's a hopelessly formulaic, dumbed-down movie with transparent plot lines, bad dialogue, and largely forgettable performances. Jackson Nicoll and Thomas Middleditch save the movie to a degree, but even their work can't elevate it too far from the bottom of the pile. Worst of all, it seems like a movie with no, or at best a very limited, target audience. It's too raunchy for little kids, too uncool for teens, and not good enough to please adults. "Fun size" is the perfect descriptor of its audience. Paramount's Blu-ray release of Fun Size does feature dazzling video and great audio. A few supplements are even included. Skip it.
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