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If you wanted to make this film better, maybe explain that Daniel went off to college and that Julie and her grandmother went to California to try and bring their family together. Mr Miyagi would meet the grandmother, Miyagi would meet Julie, cool karate tricks, roll credits.

Yeah, it's not great, but it's better than what we got. Let's face it, The Karate Kid was kind of geared towards boys (most things were in the 80's). That's not to say girls didn't like the films, but it was mostly marketed to boys. And so, the audience would be mostly boys. So imagine, you're a young kid in the 90's and the new Karate Kid was out. You had loved the first three and you were excited to see Daniel and Miyagi go on another adventure. And then you realise 'oh, Daniel's been replaced by a girl'. That's fine. Then you realise 'oh, there's no familiar locations'. That's fine. But then you see a girl getting ready for the dance, meeting a boy and then you think you must have walked into a Hannah Montana movie. Basically, there's a reason that people don't really like it. It's nothing to do with the main trilogy. It's sad that Pat Morita had to waste his talent on a lukewarm chick-flick with a tiny bit of karate.

I've seen a lot of 80s teen films (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, St Elmo's Fire) but this isn't one of them. I can't really understand the hype for it. I do admit, it's a pretty funny premise, but I think they could have gone a lot further with it than what they did. It's more of a kids movie than a teens movie. Ferris is unlikable, along with his sister. Matthew Brodrick's acting is still wooden (though not as bad as some of his other films). I did get a laugh out of Charlie Sheen as the druggie in the station, but most of it was a bit bland. It reminds me of Home Alone. A family movie that adults like since they saw it as a kid, and kids like it because they like anything. It's just a bland, bad egg.

Just to explain the title, I am an Irish person, so I may be overexposed to this film, since everyone told me that this film was brilliant.

How can such an interesting premise be so boring? Trust me, that 2hr 9m will seen a lot longer. The whole time I was waiting for the satisfying conclusion, waiting for the fun to begin...then the credits rolled. If you asked me to analyze a scene I wouldn't be able to even as I watched it!