Le Grand Coup de Max Keeble

I took my 12-year-old son at his request to the movie. I would have to say he enjoyed it more than I. It is aimed at juvenile humor and while not bad it has few redeeming qualities. As many such files the kids are very smart and clever while all the adults are totally inept. I will say it did have a good and appropriate ending.

First off I would like to say that this is a Disney movie. If your not catching my hint, it is for children. I think that it is a well written, light hearted and good humored movie. Stop comparing it to Braveheart!!!!!! It is intended for a younger audience.do you kids a favor and rent it, you will see it's well worth it. If it makes them happy, that means your happy, right?

Amusing for adults, a blast and a half for pre-puberty members of the family, Max Keeble is just good junior high fun.

Resiliently taking it all in stride, Max (and friends) absorb typical 6th grader abuse: the school yard bully, the angry principal, retaliatory ice cream man, and a looming move out of state. Each of these "villains" play rather cartoony. Larry Miller as always nails the dimwitted, egocentric, greedy, fumbling principal. (He's also very good in Princess Diaries.) Noel Fisher covers the leather jacket, wallet-chain-wearing bully role well too.

The triangle of friends, in contrast to the buffoony bad guys, hang closer to the kinds of kids we know (or used to be).

So when Max learns that his family will suddenly be moving to Chicago, he decides to return a few transgressions inflicted on himself and his friends. Ah, the sweet tingles of revenge ("Home Alone" style). "I don't just have a plan ... I have a planetarium!!!"

And so begins a three-day extravaganza for which the bumbling bad guys are just not ready. Eventually, Max gets more than his original bargain and finds himself teetering precariously on the brink of a friendless abyss.

"Any kid can make a mess. It takes man to clean it up."

Some somewhat stereotypical themes are peppered tastefully with carefully shot fun, good acting, and a strong sound track that accentuates the folly.

I simply love the scene where the school's sexy science teacher strolls across the classroom setting each Bunsen burner a light as she passes, simply because she is perceived to be the "hottest" teacher in the school.

Coincidentally, Alex D. Linz and Zena Grey (Max Keeble and best friend Megan) enjoyed my particular screening from the front row.As the credits rolled, they stood up and boogied to the soundtrack. A good time, take the kids.

I just saw this movie for the first time and I loved it! I've read several negative reviews about "Max Keeble's Big Move". The only conclusion I can come to about why someone wouldn't like it, is because it is "too perfect!" Anyone who didn't like it, may have been put-off by the unrealistically perfect world created in this movie.

The main character, Max Keeble (played by Alex D. Linz) is a powerhouse. He's got everything going for him. He's got good looks and a smashing personality, two cool buds to hang out with who will do anything for him -- Robe (played by Josh Peck) and Megan (played by Zena Grey) who also "really likes him". He's got the coolest parents any kid would ever want. And he comes out the winner in everything he does.

There for a time, it does look like Max is going to lose everything: his best friend Robe, Megan who "really likes him", and probably his life when one of the many bullies catches up to him. But being a good person at heart and a true man, he faces up to his friends that he has hurt and apologizes. Then he faces up to each of the bullies, beating them at their own game, and thus becomes the school "hero".

Couple this fast paced story with interesting sets and costumes, impeccable lighting and sound, and Tim Hill's directing, and you end up with the "perfect" Saturday Matinee Movie, with a happy ending to boot! Great fun!

This movie should (and still could be) made into a weekly series. It would be way cool, with Justin Berfield as the school newspaper editor narrating and covering all the antics of Max, Megan, and Robe; popping up just at the right time to snap pictures and to keep the plot moving. The principal (played by Larry Miller) would have to be replaced; that's too bad because he was really funny. And I would love to see more of Dennis Haskins. What a winning combination they would make!

Get it on DVD for the kids. A great movie for the kid in all of us!

Max Keebles Big Move, is a very funny family movie, kids will enjoy along with the rest of the family, the movie is based on a boy named max ( alex linz) who is told he is moving to chicago, max really doesn't like the idea as he just started his first week at high school along with best friends megan (zena grey) and robe ( josh peck) this is supposedly his year in his town starting high school and making good friends, out of spite of moving he takes advantage of the fact that he will be in chicago after the first week of high school.So max gets revenge on all of the bully's, i wont say no-more you must watch it i have watched this over 100 times, i think i need a new copy!