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Thunderpants [DVD] [2002]
enlarge	Director: Peter Hewitt Actors: Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Paul Giamatti, Ned Beatty Studio: Pathe Distribution Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy Used: £0.76 as of 22/11/2009 21:00 GMT details You Save: £19.23 (96%) New (15) Used (21) from £0.76 Seller: zoverstocks Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 13152 Format: PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 84 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5060002830925 ASIN: B00006RHTO Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 2002 Release Date: November 18, 2002 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review A children's comedy about a boy with unnatural flatulence, IThunderpants/I may not be the most thoughtful film in the world, but it does have surprisingly hidden depths. Concerning the extraordinary exploits of childhood outcast Patrick Smash and his sole friend, the boy genius Alan Allen, IThunderpants/I moves from the most basic of comedy (unsurprising, given the original premise) to some wonderfully subtle, touching moments of genuine emotion. Director Peter Hewitt resurrects the cartoon style of his hit IThe Borrowers/I, creating a vision of England that is timeless yet also steals themes and images from every period from the 1950s onwards, combining IBeano/I-style school children in short trousers with 21st-century technology. p The humour is certainly bawdy (perfect for older pre-teens) but the film also has a quaintly old-fashioned feel. Its message, that the world would not be that bad a place if it were just run by children, is oddly reminiscent of the Disney live-action films of yore. Debutant Bruce Cook, beautifully understated while all around him overact mercilessly (especially Simon Callow and IHarry Potter/I's Rupert Grint), brings a quietly innocent dignity to Smash, allowing the hero to rise to the surface. As Stephen Fry points out, a film about a boy who farts excessively shouldn't really work, but IThunderpants/I is a huge success. p BOn the DVD:/B IThunderpants/I, like many other recent children's films, is an excellent DVD package. Aside from the director's commentary and trailers, there is Bruce Cook's video diary, interviews with the main cast members (proving Cook to be not that dissimilar from his character), a fart montage and a video from hapless pop muppets the Allstars. In addition there are extra features for computer users and a choice of languages. The picture quality is superb, allowing Hewitt's unique visual style full reign; and the sound more than does justice to the unique sound-effect requirements. --IPhil Udell/I

Customer Reviews: It Was The Best Film Of My Life...........Ever. December 6, 2003 cameron borland (Scotland) 7 out of 8 found this review helpful What an absolute joy. Derided by the critics (ba, humbug, what do they know?) I took my 7 year old daughter to see this and the cinema was chock full of kids in utter rapture at this film. From gentle sniggers to rollicking guffaws, the real critics of this movie - the children - absolutely adored it. brforget the concept of it being a one-trick fart joke, this is a film that works on anumber of levels but is always entertaining. Delightful performances, assured direction and a wonderful message, Thunderpants is an absolute gem that I would heartily recommend to any child. Or any adult with that childish streak in them. ! December 2, 2003 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Far from hiding children away from the concept of flatulence, Thundepants celebrates this childishly funny affliction.pFor those of us who find the concept of public farting funny (and lets face it children do)this film is sure to delight. It does however go further and sensitively covers topics such as the nature of friendship, "being different" and overcoming your problems. Its funny, heartwarming, bit of a tearjerker and hardly rude at all!! they do amazing things December 15, 2004 Chris Vertonghen (Belgium) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful The nice thing about being a parent is that you get to see a lot of movies for kids. This one is about a boy who has 2 stomachs and who therefore farts a lot. He is being picked on at school constantly, but makes friends with a boy genius who doesn't have a sense of smell. Together they do amazing things. Especially the first part is very funny, covering the period between Patrick "Thunderpants" Smash's birth and his first day at school (where he meets Alan A. Allen, played by a young Rupert Grint aka Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies). In just six or seven minutes, it succeeds in capturing early parenthood very nicely ;) Not a bad little comedy. December 5, 2003 no1filmaddict (UK) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful I don't usually go for this type of 'daft' comedy, but i thought that as there was not much else i would give it a shot, and if i didn't like it, then what the heck. However, i was quite plesantly suprisied. All in all this is not a bad film and does in fact contain some genuinely funny moments. pIt is basically about a ten year old boy who has a problem controlling his bum. However, he asks the help of his only friend, a boy genius, to help him. Alan sets to work and soon comes up with 'Thunderpants', however, they soon move on to much bigger things. brBoth Rupert Grint and the other lad (sorry but i can't remember his name) are excelent in it, and are very talented for their age.pA genuine idea, turned in to not a bad little film, although i probably would not buy it myself. Afterall, there is a limit to how many times you can watch such a film. If you like this sort of thing then buy it, if you don't then tread carefully. As an adult with a childish SOH, I was hoping for much more June 14, 2008 Dazman I loved the idea of this film, the two lead children are very good, in particular the child genius, there's alot of quality supporting actors like Stephen Fry, Simon Callow, Paul Giamatti, Ned Beatty and Leslie Phillips. br / br /You'd think that the stage was perfectly set for an outrageous comedy romp, sadly in my opinion at least I was sorely mistaken, just about all of the adult actors are cast in straight parts for some totally unknown reason, the only actors even remotely given anything funny to do are Callow and Beatty, such an amazing waste of a group of excellent comic actors. br / br /I got fed up with the lead actor saying "this is the best day of my life" or "this is the worst day of my life" all the way through the film, there are some good moments in the film, but nowhere near enough, this just goes to show that you can only have so many fart jokes/references/noises in a film before you tire of the whole thing. br / br /Try this out on the kids and watch along yourself, maybe one of you will enjoy this, but it just did not do it for me I'm sad to say.

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