A shamelessly derivative, if basically likeable, kid's picture that will strike a responsive chord in anyone who ever felt persecuted in junior high, a demographic that probably includes just about everybody worth knowing. When we first glimpse the titular Max (Alex D. Linz), he's your basic 12-year-old paper boy, looking forward to the first day of seventh grade. But to his chagrin, he soon discovers that life isn't exactly taking a turn for the better. Max has two schoolyard bullies after him, including a yuppie monster (Orlando Brown) who steals his lunch money to play the stock market, the school's ambitious principal (comedian Larry Miller, in totally over-the-t...
Released:
2001
Rated:
PG
Length:
90 mins