“Zoom: Academy for Superheroes” is a kid’s movie and a Tim Allen vehicle.
Overall, I enjoyed this movie, and I don’t feel as if I wasted my time watching it. Basically, it was the Bad News Bears remade as a superhero movie.
Tim Allen seemed loveable and charismatic, like he normally does, and his comedic routines worked pretty well in the movie. Courtney Cox played her character as a one note caricature, but that’s probably what the movie and director called for. None of the four superhero kids really caught on with me, to be honest.
The shocker, for me, was Chevy Chase. I hadn’t seen anything with him in a few years, and I was shocked to see how old he’d become. I mean, I know that’s not his fault—we’ve all gotten older, right! But this Chevy Chase seemed at odds with the young comedic actor in my memory. Well, I guess that’s my problem, not his. That having been said, I was not all that entertained by his physical comedy in this—maybe kids were, but not me.
“Zoom: Academy for Superheroes” rates a solid C from me.
