The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Recess: All Growed Down
Family · Comedy · Animation · 2003
T.J. and The Recess Gang are kidnapped by the Third Street School's kindergartners, who are in turn being bullied by a new kid in their class.
Movie details
Recess: All Growed Down
“Even kindergartners deserve a little respect.”
2003 Family · Comedy · Animation 1h 1m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.6 / 10
678 votes
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
T.J. and The Recess Gang are kidnapped by the Third Street School's kindergartners, who are in turn being bullied by a new kid in their class.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Recess: All Growed Down?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Brenda Piluso · Howy Parkins · Chuck Sheetz
Written by
Elijah Aron · Bart Jennett · Jonathan Rosenthal · Peter Gaffney
Myles Jeffrey
T.J. Detweiler (voice)
Pamela Adlon
Spinelli (voice)
Dabney Coleman
Principal Prickley (voice)
Ashley Johnson
Gretchen Grundler (voice)
Allyce Beasley
Miss Grotke (voice)
Rickey D'Shon Collins
Vince LaSalle (voice)
Jason Davis
Mikey Blumberg (voice)
Court is in session
Put Recess: All Growed Down on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.