too many product placements

Rating: 7/10 (17 November 2003)

This isn't a full review, I just wanted to point out the one thing about this movie that I thought was annoying -- the product placements. It starts out at the North Pole with the Monopoly games, Barbie Dolls, Etch-a-Sketch toys, and it just got worse. There was a bottle of Coca-Cola, a box of Pop-Tarts, a jar of M&Ms, Lite-Brite toys, and Legos. Oh yeah -- I forgot the Isotoner gloves and the authentic NFL jersey. I'm sure that I have even forgotten a few. This movie was over the top in terms of the number of product placements, it really became distracting after a while.
The positive comment that I will make is that it was fun to see Andy Richter and Kyle Gass get bit parts.