Unaccompanied Minors (2006)

Regisseur:

Paul Feig

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Jacob Meszaros (written by) &
Mya Stark (written by)

Premierendatum:

8. Dezember 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Abenteuer | Komödie | Familienfilm

Werbezeile:

Silent night... Yeah, right.

Plot:

A group of unaccompanied minors bond while snowed in at the midwestern Hoover International Airport during the holiday season and ultimately create a makeshift holiday themselves. |

Plot Keywords:

Warehouse | One Day | Flatulence | Spa | Lodge

Nutzerkommentare:

Faces

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 27

6:30 AM

MAX

Besetzung

Lewis Black	...	Oliver
Wilmer Valderrama	...	Zach Van Bourke
Tyler James Williams	...	Charlie
Dyllan Christopher	...	Spencer Davenport
Brett Kelly	...	Timothy 'Beef' Wellington
Gina Mantegna	...	Grace Conrad
Quinn Shephard	...	Donna Malone
Paget Brewster	...	Valerie Davenport
Rob Corddry	...	Sam Davenport
Dominique Saldaña	...	Katherine Davenport
Jessica Walter	...	Cindi
Rob Riggle	...	Head Guard Hoffman
Michelle Sandler	...	Mary Lynn
David Koechner	...	Ernie
B.J. Novak	...	Desk Attendant

Alternativ:

Grounded (UK)
Grounded: Unaccompanied Minors (UK) (trailer title)
Oh je, du Fröhliche! (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild rude humor and language.

Länge:

90 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:MG6 | South Korea:All | Singapore:PG | Ireland:PG

Drehorte:

Echo, Utah, USA

Firma:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dies und das:

For the UK release, the film has been renamed twice. The original trailer had the title as "Unaccompanied Minors", the second trailer and the film as released refer to it as "Grounded", and the third trailer had the title as "Grounded : Unaccompanied Minors".

Pannen:

Geographische Fehler: The brother and sister are flying from California to Pennsylvania on AirTran. However the movie is filmed at Salt Lake City airport which AirTran does not serve. Also the father drives from PA to SLC in one day which is impossible.

Dialogzitate:

Donna Malone: Are your parents still together?
Grace Conrad: Yes.
Donna Malone: Then I hate you.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Cape Fear (1991)

Soundtrack:

My Christmas List

Faces

Few things are more deterministic than kiddie genres, and therefore few things less interesting.

One of the things I notice in these, going back before John Hughes, is how the world of kids is divided up. Here there are 5 or six types, depending on how you count. Its extremely important that you recognize these are the right types in order for all else to work.

What's new — or seems new — are two character types. One is the black kid, who other than a jive number, plays a type that is more deeply human than racial. Its a notable evolution.

The other is that the "rich girl" is not only sympathetic without changing, but she's lovely. To play what I think are supposed to be 12 year olds, they chose a darling 16 year old. She looks a lot like Anna Popplewell, that 20 year old playing a 14 year old in Narnia 2. Its the same general type as Scarlett Johansonn: full lips and full cheeks. Also Ann Hathaway.

I do not think this is a trivial evolution. It seems that we are well into an era where women's and girls' screen faces are meant to communicate with lips only rather than full faces, or eyes as it once was. Renee Zellweger and Julia Roberts are probably the first big names who practice this style of acting exclusively. I'm not sure what it means. And I'm not sure what it means to merge this ideal with the supposedly spoiled rich girl. But it seems significant, a significant reshuffling of archetypes.

It accompanies a more obvious shift. These are all kids from some sort of dysfunctional family. The usual style would be to have parents. If you were missing one, it was because they died. Then the parents could be virtually absent by simply being too dumb to matter. Its more theatrical to show absence by having partial absence. So this all seems significant, even though the movie, well its a waste.

Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.