Republic of the Philippines

Central Luzon Doctor’s Hospital-Educational Institution

Basic Education Department-Tertiary
San Pablo, Tarlac City

A MOVIE REVIEW
In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Humanities 1

Submitted by:
Loraine Jane S. Agustin
BSN III-B

Submitted to:
Mr. Christopher Ronn Pagco
Humanities 1 Teacher
I. Introduction
Tim Hill is the director of the film entitled Max Keeble’s Big Movie. Max
Keeble (Alex D. Lindz) is filled with hope on his first day of middle school, but things just
refuse to go right. The school bully, who telegraphs each day's victim by emblazoning the name
on his t-shirt, has selected Max as his starting point. His dream girl is a foot taller than he is and
barely knows who he is. The animal shelter near the school is about to be shut down. An evil ice
cream truck driver is after him. When Max finds out that his family is going to move to Chicago
in just two days he is angry and sad until it occurs to him that this presents an opportunity for
revenge without consequences. Before anyone can catch up with him, he'll be gone. Max and his
friends Megan (Zena Gray) and "Robe" (Josh Peck) set up a variety of pranks and enjoy them
very much. But then it turns out that Megan and Robe do not have the "plausible deniability"
Max promised. And that Max is not moving after all. Max Keeble’s Big Move is not a adaptation
movie.

II. Characters

Alex D. Linz as Max Keeble

The main protagonist, is a junior-high school paperboy

Larry Miller as Principal Elliot T. Jindraike

He is Max’s enemy. He wants to tear down the nearby petting zoo to build a football
stadium.

Josh Peck as Robert ("Robe")

He is one of the best friends of Max. He known as "Robe" to all of the kids of the school,
mainly because he is seen wearing a robe in almost every scene where he is present.

Zena Grey as Megan

She is one of the bestfriend of Max and she is a clarinet player.
 Jamie Kennedy as the Evil Ice Cream Man
He is also a enemy of Max.

Noel Fisher as Troy McGinty

He is the traditional bully.

Orlando Brown as Dobbs

He wears a leather jacket and beats up smaller kids. He represents the script's one
clever idea. He's the kid who steals everyone's lunch money - then he invests it in mutual funds
and keeps the dividends. (The boy at the back of Troy McGinty)

Robert Carradine as Donald "Don" Keeble -- Max's Dad

Nora Dunn as Lillian "Lily" Keeble -- Max's Mom

Brooke Anne Smith as Jenna

She is the crush of Max Keeble and the daughter of one of his paper recipients.
 Clifton Davis as Superintendent Bobby "Crazy Legs" Knebworth

Amy Hill as Ms. Phyllis Rangoon

Amber Valletta as Ms. Dingman

Martin Spanjers as Runty Band Member

 Adam Lamberg as High Schooler on Motorcycle

Countess Vaughn as Office Admin. Assistant

Dennis Haskins as Mr. Kohls

Justin Berfield as Caption Writer (cameo)

 Kyle Sullivan as Techie Kid

Jonathan Osser as Worried Kid (cameo)

 Chimpanzee as Tad the Chimpanzee

 Tony Hawk as himself (cameo)

 Lil' Romeo as himself (cameo)

III. Setting

The movie happened in the school during daytime and also nighttime where Max
Keeble encountered different enemies. When he gets thrown in a trash can by the school bully
and then gets yelled at by the school’s principal (Larry Miller) for disrupting the ‘welcome back
to school’ assembly hich happened at school campus. Another setting was in their home. Once
Max gets home from his first day of school though, he discovers that his parents have some big
news for him: his father just got transferred at work, so the whole family is moving to Chicago at
the end of the week. Once Max gets home from his first day of school though, he discovers that
his parents have some big news for him: his father just got transferred at work, so the whole
family is moving to Chicago at the end of the week

IV. Summary

Max Keeble's Big Move is a kiddie movie, plain and simple. There are few
references aimed at adults (the key to making a children's flick accessible to us grown-ups) and
the whole thing is just juvenile. Alex D. Linz stars as the title character, a semi-popular kid who's
preparing to start his first day of junior high. Along with his two best friends - a weirdo who's
always wearing a robe and a girl who secretly has a crush on Max - Keeble confidently makes
the switch from being a big fish in a small pond to a small fish in a big pond. Alas, it's not quite
as seamless as he would have hoped, as he has to contend with not one but two bullies, a sinister
ice cream man, and a stern principal. But Keeble is offered a chance to fight back when he learns
that he's going to be moving to Chicago by the end of the week. Assuming he'll never be back, he
decides to get revenge on everyone who's wronged him. It's only after he's put his elaborate plans
into motion that he discovers the move isn't happening after all. Now, Max has to figure out a
way to mend the many bridges he's burned.
Max Keeble is a nice, quiet teenager, whose idea of 'superhero-requiring' danger is
braving Evil Ice Cream Man who blames him for a health complaint from ma Lily. She spent six
years on just the right interior and now hears from dad Don Keeble, a wimp whose 'career' in
commercial publicity still only got him wearing sly costumes, a promotion requires the family to
move to Chicago. Initially Max just hates giving up his high-school friends, a fatso and a music-
maniac, but when their former friend Troy McGinty picks on them with his new image as bully
realizes leaving means he can't be punished after Friday, and plans an orgy of revenge. Max's
targets include the arrogant new principal, Elliot T. Jindraike, who spends the school budget on a
new sports stadium to flatter the inspector, Superintendant Bobby 'Crazy Legs' Knebworth, and
even plants to tear down the animal shelter. When it's all in motion, dad suddenly announces he
has taken Max's first advice and turned down the promotion.

V. Commentaries

I find the script really funny and very elementary. It conveys messages that leave a
moral lessons to every viewer, though it was delivered as witty remarks. About the characters,
they are really fantastic. Their role fits to them. Better judgment triumphs in the end in most
respects, in Max Keeble's Big Move. Max earns respect not because he's the toughest, but
because his turnabout beats the bullies at their own game, and because he won't let his buddies
take the rap alone. He is really effective to the viewer. It points out that friends are always when
there at times of trouble. In the production value, I think they didn’t spent much money in this
film because the clothes they used is a common cloth in our everyday life. The setting was in
school, I think it is appropriate to the movie because the characters are almost kids. Its
significance is that young people should stay in school to have their formal education. In the
character’s costume, I can say that the clothes they have been wearing are common in everyday
life. The entire movie is good. It is well organized and well planned.

VI. Personal Learning

I have learned in the film Max Keeble's Big Move is that it's awfully easy to say
the right thing after getting away with the wrong thing. Although some people has been harsh
and bully him almost. When he gets thrown in a trash can by the school bully and then gets still
he didn’t care to revenge. At the end max gives a heartfelt speech about the dangers of bullying
that is oddly resonant. Before coming to this conclusion, though, max already has successfully
humiliated his enemies without any moral consequences.
VII. Conclusion

Seventh grade. Junior high. A rite of passage every twelve-year-old looks forward
to with that bittersweet mixture of anticipation and loathing. For paperboy Max Keeble, seventh
grade means a chance at a new beginning and an opportunity to reinvent himself and start over.
But he soon realizes that seventh grade will just be business as usual: he's got not one but two
schoolyard bullies after him; the principal is out to get him; and as if that weren't enough, he's
got an evil ice cream man on his tail. But then Max's mom and dad drop the bomb: he's moving
to a new city in a week! Once Max gets home from his first day of school though, he discovers
that his parents have some big news for him: his father just got transferred at work, so the whole
family is moving to Chicago at the end of the week

VIII. Recommendation
I recommend kids, teenager and even adults to watch the movie. Surely
kids probably won’t care how believable the “love” interest is in the film or how
predictable the story is, but adults and teenagers will last family film. Eventhough
children will probably enjoy the film, without any intelligent humor or surprises. Max
Keeble's Big Move will no doubt appeal to small children, with sequences involving food
fights and school bullies receiving their comeuppance, but the film is a complete dead
zone for anyone over a certain age. It's loud, it's colorful… it's annoying. Max Keeble's
Big Move isn't interested in keeping us adults entertained by throwing in sly references
that are guaranteed to sail right over most kids heads.