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      Down and Derby

      PG Released Apr 15, 2005 1 hr. 34 min. Comedy List
      22% 27 Reviews Tomatometer 50% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Overzealous fathers design and construct miniature cars for an annual race intended for their children. Read More Read Less Watch on Peacock Stream Now

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      Dull, predictable family fare.

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      Audience Member I you have had the cubscout experience, you will love this movie. If you don't know what cubscouting is you may want to skip it Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member If you have Cub Scouts they will greatly enjoy this movie and fully apprecieate the dilemma. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Not terrible, but not terribly great. The boys, and Lauren Holly put on the most believable performances, but the characters of the Dads are just so far over the top, it loses the plot at a couple of points. To be redeemable, characters have to retain some likeability, but the three Dads in this just go way too far. I totally got the point, but I think it could have been done without the hyper-theatrics. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The intensely competitive world of Pine Derby Racing is examined. In this kid-friendly tale of three fathers and the obsession of competition. That not only threatens their sanity, but their families as well. Very cliched, almost to the point of parody. But, it is fun to watch. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Reminds me of my Scoutting days. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Its a harmless, squeeky clean family comedy that has not that much to offer. Their is a really funny scene at a dentists office, but thats about it as far as the laughs go. But since its primarily set in the world of the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby, families that have scouts in them might possibly be the only ones interested in this film. But even then, though, they still might not really be too thrilled about a movie based off of Pinewood Derby. Pat Morita is greatly wasted in his brief four or five minute appearence....not really helping the movie at all. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper It's all about these fathers and how crazy they are. Apr 18, 2005 Full Review Joe Leydon Variety Typical for this type of family-skewing comedy, performances vacillate between engagingly broad and annoyingly overstated. Apr 15, 2005 Full Review Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel A cute family feature about the competitive little boy in every dad. Rated: 3/5 Apr 15, 2005 Full Review Brian Costello Common Sense Media Silly satire of competitive dads has some iffy humor. Rated: 2/5 Mar 8, 2013 Full Review Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Audrey Rock-Richardson Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) Does better on DVD than it did on the big screen, as long as your expectations aren't too high. Rated: C Feb 3, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Overzealous fathers design and construct miniature cars for an annual race intended for their children.
      Director
      Eric Hendershot
      Executive Producer
      Eric Hendershot, John D. Stone
      Screenwriter
      Eric Hendershot
      Distributor
      IFG Films
      Production Co
      Stonehaven Media
      Rating
      PG (Brief Mild Language|Some Crude Humor|Sensuality)
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 15, 2005, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 10, 2017
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