Overrated self-indulgence

Rating: 4/10 (10 August 2001)

The brats in this film cannot act, but they can scream, ever so stridently. Robin Williams puts a lot of energy into his performance, but the events are too pat and too predictable. The homilies are much too preachy. The attempts to tug at the heartstrings are much too obvious. In short, the whole thing is self-indulgent pablum.