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The Irwin's were not made aware of the script ahead of time - and for good reason. If they'd seen what was supposedly going on around them, they probably would have balked.

Having said that, I'll echo what most everyone else is saying. If you've seen them on TV and liked them, you'll get more of the same here. As a matter of fact, I thought their performance was about the only redeeming feature of the film. A couple of adult-sized laughs, and a lot of "geez that was close" moments make it worth your matinee money. But if I'd known about the weak story and wooden supporting cast, I probably would've waited until the matinee myself.

I'm giving it a generous 6 out of 10. It might have made an 8 without all the non-Irwin parts.

Sorcerer captures girlfriend of nerd. Nerd dons computer as wristwatch. Sorcerer makes nerd transport to different locations to unconvincingly fight creatures. Nerd finally beats sorcerer in last scene and rescues girlfriend.

Some friends and I *actually* paid $6.00 to see this in an empty theater on opening weekend - a saturday, I think, at the 9:00 p.m. show. The most interesting thing about it was they showed a 15 minute short film about extreme sports - in order to pad out the running time of the movie, which is just barely as long as your standard Disney animated feature.

I was surprised to see Richard Moll in it at first, but looking at his other body of works, I'm no longer surprised.

I laughed (at the movie), I cried (after I realized I paid to see it), it became a part of me (I can't get the memory of the damn thing out of my head short of putting a bullet in it).