Slappy and the Stinkers

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Slappy and the Stinkers

PG

1998

1h 18m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Enrolled in an educational summer camp, the Stinkers, five 7-year-olds who wreak havoc on their uptight headmaster, Morgan Brinway (B.D. Wong), decide to abduct a sea lion from the local aquarium with the goal of returning it to the sea. They are in competition, however, with the villainous Broccoli (Sam McMurray), who is out to steal the sea lion, teach it a few tricks and sell it to a Bulgarian circus. The kids do all they can to stop the resilient villain and save the friendly beast.

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

Potty humor, pratfalls as mischief-makers set sea lion free.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 1, 2012

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

That sea lion sure is cute, though.

Rated: 1/4

May 13, 2005

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

Your enjoyment of Slappy and the Stinkers will be directly proportional to your ability to be amused by a farting seal

Rated: 2/5

Jan 4, 2005

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Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Rated: 0/5

Oct 11, 2002

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Abigail Aaquiltahtli L

The movie is a good and classic movie. It tell the story on a group of kids who want on a field trips to a aquarium, but they free a sea Lion and take him home, but there is someone who wants to use the sea Lion for his schemes. The group of kids want to take him back from the guy and bring him home. They try to keep the sea Lion safe wherever they go and some time they hide the sea Lion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/18/25

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Thom N

My mother worked in a VHS rental store whenever I was a young child, and I'm quite sure that's how this movie made its way into our house. As someone who watched it many many dozens of times as a small child, I can tell you that it was very strongly successful among the demographic that it was made for; most of the film is hijinks, slapstick and fart jokes (again - hugely successful for me and my little sibling as children), but the child cast does a very admirable job, and the adult characters really stick with you; the wacky stoner groundskeeper (played by Bronson Pinchot), the forgiving second-banana (Jennifer Coolidge), and the over-the-top full-steam performance of B.D. Wong, have never left me in the decades since I last watched this movie. I'll finish the other half tonight with dinner, probably. 5-star rating just to throw off the numbers, and for the indefatigable Mr. Wong!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Audience Member

Lacklustre film at best, nothing to really entertain you. 2.5/5.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

Loved it as a kid, pretty fucking stupid tho. Kids puking everywhere

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

This was a childhood favorite of mine, lots of ridiculous 90's awesomeness!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

This movie is freaking hilarious.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Synopsis

Enrolled in an educational summer camp, the Stinkers, five 7-year-olds who wreak havoc on their uptight headmaster, Morgan Brinway (B.D. Wong), decide to abduct a sea lion from the local aquarium with the goal of returning it to the sea. They are in competition, however, with the villainous Broccoli (Sam McMurray), who is out to steal the sea lion, teach it a few tricks and sell it to a Bulgarian circus. The kids do all they can to stop the resilient villain and save the friendly beast.

Director: Barnet Kellman
Producer: Bill Sheinberg, Sid Sheinberg, Jonathan Sheinberg
Screenwriter: Robert Wolterstorff, Mike Scott
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Production Co: TriStar Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Crude Humor|Slapstick Violence|Mild Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 16, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $72.6K
Runtime: 1h 18m
Sound Mix: SDDS

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