| Rugrats in Paris: The Movie |
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| Genre: | Animation - Family |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Rating: | G |
| Length: | 1 Hour 18 Minutes |
| Cast: | Stig Bergguist, Paul Demeyer, Elizabeth Daily, Christine Cavanaugh |
C'est magnifique! This sequel to The Rugrats Movie falls into that nearly empty column of follow-ups that surpass the originals. It's wildly funny and touchingly poignant, with enough of the requisite poo, pee, barf, and booger gags to tickle the kids and sufficiently sly pop culture in-jokes to amuse their parents. At the heart of Paris is timid toddler Chuckie Finster's yearning for a new mommy. He and his widowed dad accompany the Pickles family to Euroraptorland, run by the ambitious, kid-hating Coco Le Bouche (voiced by Susan Sarandon), who schemes to marry the milquetoasty Mr. Finster to advance her career. The Rugrats and a giant mechanical Raptar rise to the occasion -- springing to Mr. Finster's aid. The signature Rugrats bathroom humor (a bidet is described by one baby as "a potty that squirts back") doesn't go for the gross-out but instead revels in each toddler's growing sense of physical self-awareness. Angelica, the babies' nemesis, demands to know, "What is it with you babies and poop?" "Anjelica," one rapturously replies, "where do we start?" Donald Liebenson
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