Essentially a feature-length episode of the popular Nickelodeon animated series, this faithful expansion is savvy enough to stay put. Rather than taking nine-year-old Arnold (voice of Spencer Klein) and friends out of their inner-city neighborhood for, say, a vacation in Europe, the movie never loses sight of the fact that their subtly oppressive environment is part of what keeps these motley school kids together. Standing in the shadow of an overpass, the neighborhood is a working-class enclave with mom-and-pop stores, abandoned lots where kids play and a nostalgic, greatest-generation aura; orphaned Arnold and his eccentric grandparents even live in a boarding hous...
Released:
2002
Rated:
PG
Length:
87 mins