Max Keeble's Big Move

Max Keeble's Big Move is a 2001 American film directed by Tim Hill. The film was released on October 5, 2001.
== Plot ==
Max Keeble is a paperboy who starts his first day of middle school. Max is antagonised by the corrupt megalomaniacal and tyrannical school principal, Elliot T. Jindrake, resident school bullies Troy McGinty and Dobbs, and the Evil Ice Cream Man. Max also learns that an animal shelter he visits next door to the school is being closed down to build Jindrake's opulent football stadium.
When Max's father, Donald, reveals that he is moving to Chicago for his boss, because he is unable to stand up for himself, Max realises that he can do whatever he wants to his tormentors, facing no consequences because he will be gone by then. Enlisting his equally socially outcast friends, Robe and Megan, Max sets up a variety of pranks, which include traumatising Troy by playing the main theme song of the children's television show MacGoogles the Highlander Frog (which frightened him as a child), then trapping him in the gym with someone wearing a MacGoogles costume; instigating a fight between Dobbs and the Evil Ice Cream Man by stealing the coolant coil for the ice cream truck and Dobbs's handheld device; and ruining Jindrake's chances of becoming successor to the current superintendent, Bobby "Crazy Legs" Knebworth (an alumnus who was a star football player for the school) by planting animal pheromones within his breath spray, instigating a food fight in the cafeteria in view of Superintendent Knebworth, and later by sabotaging his TV announcements by placing a cardboard cut-out of Max mocking him.
After his missions are completed, Max ends up ditching Robe and Megan's going-away party by accepting an invitation to a milkshake party hosted by his crush Jenna, causing a falling-out. Robe tells Max how Megan really feels about him, and then walks away telling Max that he hopes he enjoys his new life in Chicago. Max then calls Megan's house, telling her mom to relay to her that he is sorry for what happened. Taking Max's earlier advice to heart, Donald announces that he quit his job and started his own business, meaning that Max is not moving after all. Max freaks out at this news, and learns that other students at his school are suffering because of his actions.
Max confronts Jindrake, Troy, and Dobbs one final time, and with the help of other students at his school, Max eventually defeats Troy and Dobbs for good by throwing them into the dumpster with his schoolmates' help and stops Jindrake from demolishing the animal shelter. Jindrake is dismissed and facing criminal charges for manipulating the school budget in order to build his stadium after Max tricked him into publicly admitting to his crimes earlier.
The film ends when Max rides on his bicycle delivering newspapers around his neighbourhood, and the Evil Ice Cream Man starts pursuing him once again.
== Cast and Characters ==
* Alex D. Linz as Max Keeble
* Larry Miller as Principal Elliot T. Jindrake
* Jamie Kennedy as Evil Ice Cream Man
* Nora Dunn as Lily Keeble
* Robert Carradine as Donald Keeble
* Josh Peck as Robe
* Zena Grey as Megan
* Noel Fisher as Troy McGinty
* Orlando Brown as Dobbs
* Brooke Anne Smith as Jenna
* Myra Ambriz as Chelsea
* Justin Berfield as Caption Writer
* Clifton Davis as Bobby "Crazy Legs" Knebworth
* Amy Hill as Ms. Phyllis Rangoon
* Amber Valletta as Ms. Nicole Dingman
* Dennis Haskins as Mr. Kohls
* Chely Wright as Mrs. Styles
* Tony Hawk as Himself
* Lil' Romeo as Himself
* Marcus Hopson as Pizza Parlor Guy
Category:Films
Category:Live-action Films
Category:2001 Films
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