Kate & Chris (film)

***Kate And Chris*** is 2007 American 3D computer animated science fiction fantasy comedy film produced by 20 Century Fox Animation and Scholastic Entertainment. Based on Eric Stern books of Same Name, Film was directed by Rob Letterman and Mike Mitchell, written by Letterman, David Reynolds, Dan Fogelman, Daniel Gerson, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow from story by Gary Trousdale and Stern, and stars voice of Mandy Moore, Elijah Wood, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Danny DeVito, Jon Lovitz, Zooey Deschanel, Maya Rudolph, Justin Long, with Steve Buscemi, and Michael Clarke Duncan. In film, when human like space creature land on Earth, 2 teen who are outcasts at local school are will to return him to his natural home while mad scientist and alien chief threaten to capture him and use him to take over world.

Film was release in US on September 28, 2007, by 20 Century Fox, and was produced to commemorate 10 anniversary of 1 book. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised it animation, humor and performances, but criticized predictable story and writing. Film earn total of $5 million worldwide against budget of $8 million, and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, later gaining cult follow through TV syndication and it home video release. Film was release in 3D on March 11, 2016. Animated series that continues events of film, title *Kate And Chris Adventures*, premiere on Fox Family on July 5, 2013. Sequel title *Back In Action*, was release on March 2, 2018.

## Plot

In outer space, Doctor Menabba, mad scientist, is arrested and put on trial by Xenonship Federation for illegal genetic creation, evidenced by his creation sentient creature that look very similar to regular human being with intelligence, speak abilities, and strength, propensity to wreak havoc. Menabba is imprisoned while creature is sentenced to be executed. Escape on escape pod and activate it hyperdrive, causing it guidance systems to malfunction and random set course for Earth. Eddie crash land on farm in Eastview, Oregon. Queen Neylly dispatches Menabba and Officer Coobot, queen expert on Earth, to planet to have alien captured discreetly while galaxy oversized militant chief, Chief Rogerator actually wants alien to conquer world.

In Eastview, Kate Anderson was run late for school and was in hurry to get ready. After Kate got finish get ready, she managed to arrive on time. While at school, she meet Chris McCallister, who act jealous of Kate, for being smart and her pass class. However, Chris devises plan to get Kate in trouble by having Joey Greenwood disguised as her. They tamper with new invention, Mega Machine, made by school local snitch, intellectual Chuck Stevens, who was able to catch them thank to another invention which Mr Watson ask him to make, Snitch Cam. Mr Watson believe in disguise and was very shock that Kate participated in prank, get Kate sent to Watson office and get detention for 3 weeks.

As Kate tries to sneak back to her room without her mother, Mary Anderson, know that she got in trouble, Mary appear from kitchen door and punish sends to her room. That same night, Mary apologizes to Kate for get angry at her and tell about teen life to Kate, explain to her how raised to be neat and smart teen. Next day, after crash land on farm, Eddie explores around Eastview City, and later find Eastview high school and hide in closet. Chris find Eddie and devises another plan to get Mr Watson back by using Eddie hypno gun. Kate head to office of Watson just as office literally start to spin when Watson is put in trance. After that, Chris commands Watson to be goofy look superhero, and Chris soon learn severity of his doings when Watson begin causing some problems such as punch mime in face and wreaking chaos around Eastview. Kate, Eddie, and Chris take Watson away to his house before cops get to him.

Next day at school, Kate and Chris need to have Eddie pretend and dress up exactly like Mr Watson in order to keep up appearances. Eddie sudden new personality change even manages to attract attention and affection of high school lunch lady, Jenny is visit by odd scientist Dum Dum, or as he call himself Professor DD. Eddie hires him to be new teacher, but Kate and Chris are suspicious of him due to his short tempered behavior. With Eddie as principal, school is more lively place, with funfair being set up in schoolyard. However, thing get chaotic as Eddie start feed students tons of candy, and Kate and Chris want in on it. This turn out to be bad idea as they experience strong sugar rush, lead Eddie to his own devices. He tries to drive bus through ring of fire over ramp, but he ride bus backwards into ferris wheel, which comes loose and rolls towards school, destroy half of it. Eddie then regrets what he did and run away to city biker bar. Kate and Chris later find Eddie, as he compiles bucket list of things he like to do on Earth, but becomes sad when he realizes he might not be able to do them since aliens are hunt him down. Kate encourages Eddie to try to do as much as he can right where they are, and 3 take while to enjoy themselves with all bar activities. Group of rough look punk come look for trouble and Eddie aggravates their leader, starting bar fight. Leader of punk attack Eddie, but with his alien powers, he speeds up his awareness, saving Kate and Chris. 3 flee bar, angry patrons and spend night at Kate house. Later that night, Chris, Eddie, Cole, and Joey teach lesson to Chuck, for get Chris in trouble as well as Kate, using alien costumes to scare him, eluding police along way. After Kate found out about Chris being chase by police on news, she get angry at him and tell he will never be happy if he spend his life party and prank without act more maturely. Chris apologizes to her, and make promise to her. Dum Dum find Chuck and use him as part of his evil plan by scan his brain and learns that he has part in brain about see human like alien.

Neylly relieves Menabba and Coobot of their assignment, where 2 find Eddie at Kate house. Fight ensues, which destroys house. Dum Dum then find Kate and Chris and knows about alien, but as Kate tries to stand up against Dum Dum, he send 2 teens to canyon river by using teleport gun. Dum Dum and Rogerator finally capture Eddie and they both use him for their new plan. Kate and Chris both end up in river, ensuing in heat argument between 2. After argument, Kate confesses that she love Chris, and love his prank and party, and 2 finally reconcile with each other. While 2 plummet to their deaths down waterfall, Kate save Chris as they embrace and kiss before travel back to Eastwood. Dum Dum tries to take over town with giant of Mega Machine, fuel by high school cafe leftovers left out by Jenny and use Chuck brain to turn students into glum zombies, where few minutes later whole fleet of alien ships from Xenonship descends on city and start what appears to be invasion. As aliens rampage through Eastview, vaporizing everything in their path, Kate and Chris find Eddie at Eastview park, where Eddie reveals his alien identity before Rogerator and Dum Dum capture Kate and Eddie, where Chris must seek Cole, Menabba, Coobot, Joey, and Eva Clark for help. Chris, Cole, Menabba, Coobot, Joey, and Eva all give chase to Rogerator spaceship in Menabba spaceship and rescue Kate and Eddie.

Back on ground, Eddie finally acquires superpowers and, with Kate and Chris help, defeats and shrinks Dum Dum, though he escape on moth short after. Rogerator seizes control of Xenonship and tries to destroy teen, only to have Eddie help make ship collapse off mountain, causing Rogerator, who is trap inside ship, to fall to his death. Later that day, Neylly arrives on Earth and prepares to take Eddie to jail, but Kate and Chris insist that because he save world, he cannot be take away. Impressed with Eddie newfound civility and empathy, Neylly against prior decision of Xenonship Federation and decrees that Eddie will live on Earth. He will be entrusted to care of Kate and her mother. Also, feel that Mr Watson would be nice if he had friends, Kate and Chris set him and lovesick Jenny up on date, making Watson have change of heart. However, toxic waste from giant Mega Machine transforms all appliances and electronics into army of evil robots that attack restaurant at which Watson and Jenny are dining. Eddie suddenly appears, carry Kate and Chris away to help him fight them, much to Jenny surprise and admiration.

In post credits scene, Kate and Chris realize that secretary, who Chris put her on phone before by faking challenge of $1 million, has been on phone for entire film, so they shut off call, making secretary angry.

## Cast

* Mandy Moore as Kate Anderson, a smart, trustworthy, funny, and clever 18-year-old girl.
* Elijah Wood as Chris McCallister, a sarcastic, wise-cracking, arrogant, and somewhat bossy 17-year-old boy.
* Jack Black as Eddie, a comical, magical, shape-shifting, wise-cracking human-like space creature who tries to blend in.
* Justin Long as Chuck Stevens, an intelligent and unkind 16-year-old boy.
* Will Ferrell as Professor Dum-Dum, a mad scientist who wants to capture Eddie and use him for his projects.
* Zooey Deschanel as Eva Clark, Kate's best friend
* Michael Clarke Duncan as Chief Rogerator
* Danny DeVito as Dr. Menabba
* Jon Lovitz as Officer Coobot
* Steve Buscemi as Mr. Watson, the principal of Eastview High School.
* Maya Rudolph as Mary Anderson, Kate's loving overprotective mother who cares so much about her only daughter.
* Seann William Scott as Joey Greenwood, Chris' best friend
* Chris Rock as Cole Jefferson, one of Chris' friends
* Jennifer Saunders as Queen Neylly
* Allison Janney as Ms. McRobbs, the secretary at Eastview High School
* Jeffrey Tambor as Mr. Monty, one of the teachers at Eastview High School
* Joan Cusack as Jenny the Lunch Lady, the lunch lady at Eastview High School who falls in love with Mr. Watson.
* Mike Mitchell as a police officer and a mime
* Dan Castellaneta as Nobel Prize Audience Member
* Mona Marshall as Nobel Prize Moderator
* Jeff Garcia as Timothy, a student who is seen frequently throughout the movie hiding in his own locker.
* Dan Fogler as Mr. Warren, the science teacher at Eastview High School who got fired by Mr. Watson.

### Additional Voices

* Stephen Apostolina
* Kirk Baily
* Bob Bergen
* David Cowgill
* Eddie Frierson
* Jessica Gee-George
* Johnny Gidcomb
* Jackie Gonneau
* Nicholas Guest
* Jennifer Hale
* Lex Lang
* Caitlin McKenna
* Paul Pape
* Philip Proctor
* Al Rodrigo
* Fred Tatasciore
* Marcelo Tubert
* Kari Wahlgren
* Lynnanne Zager

## Production

Universal Studios acquired rights to produce and distribute film based on *Kate And Chris* in 1999. In 2000, animated film was announced as venture between Universal and Scholastic Entertainment. It would be produced by John Cohen and written by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, while Michael Wildshill would executive produce. According to Wildshill, film was set to be made by different animation studio outside of Universal Feature Animation and Gingo Animation. In 2002, Universal said film was schedule. In 2003, film release date was take over by another Universal animated film, *Zina And Vivid Crew*. Rob Letterman and Mike Mitchell were hired in 2003, to direct it. Series creator Eric Stern wrote story alongside Disney veteran Gary Trousdale.

In 2004, it was report that DreamWorks Animation and 20 Century Fox were interested in acquiring rights after Universal put film. DreamWorks decided not to proceed with bidding. In 2004, Fox announced that it would acquire rights from Universal. Most of production team remained unchanged. In 2005, it was announced that movie would be release in 2007, produced by 20 Century Fox Animation.

## Music

*Main article: Kate & Chris (2007 film)/Soundtrack* Film score was compose by John Powell and Mark Mothersbaugh. Soundtrack was release on September 25, 2007 by Varese Sarabande.
## Release

*Kate And Chris* was originally schedule to be release sometime in 2004 by Universal Pictures, but in 2003, it was push back to unknown release date with *Zina And Vivid Crew* taking it place. In 2005, After taking over rights, 20 Century Fox, schedule it to June 22, 2007. In 2006, release date was delay to September 14, 2007 to avoid competition with other films releasing in 2007.

*Kate And Chris* had it world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2007, and was release on September 14. Film was rated PG by Motion Picture Association of America for sci fi action, peril, rude humor and brief mild language.

Film theatrical release was accompanied by *Ice Age* short film *No Time For Nuts*. It was digitally mastered into IMAX format and was release on same day in IMAX theaters around world and conventional 35mm and DLP screens. Test screen of film was held at Harkins Cine Capri Theater in Tempe, Arizona in 2007, at which Fox representative was present to collect viewer feedback. Fox announced upcoming theatrical release of *Kate And Chris,* alongside *Puppet Pals* and *Crystal* in 3D back in 2014 and later release *Kate And Chris* in 3D on March 11, 2016.

As with *Puppet Pals*, montage of outtakes was made and was later included in credits of film on October 19, 2007, month after film theatrical release.

### Marketing

McFarlane Toys release line of action figures and plush based on film, Nintendo produced limited edition *Kate And Chris* theme Nintendo DS, to coincide with film DVD release, and Windows Live Messenger present their use with opportunity to download free animated and static content for use within their conversations. Burger King promo film with set of 7 kids meal toys featuring characters from film.

### Trailers

* Official teaser trailer was release on June 23, 2006, and was later attached to theatrical screen of *Puppet Pals, BJ And Wally*, *Dead Man Chest*, *Monster House*, *Ant Bully*, *Barnyard*, *How To Eat Fried Worms*, *Invincible*, *Every 1 Hero*, *Open Season*, and *Daisy Head Mayzie*.
* 1 theatrical trailer was release on November 3, 2006 and was shown in front of films such as *Flushed Away, Escape Clause, Happy Feet, Jimmy And Sam 3000, Princess And Pied Piper,* and *Night At Museum.*
* 2 trailer was release on February 2, 2007, and was attached to *Ant And Grasshopper*, *Thorebots*, *Bridge To Terabithia*, *TMNT*, *Meet Robinsons*, *Racing Yard*, *Firehouse Dog*, *Across Nation*, *Spider Man 3*, *Shrek 3*, and *Surf Up*.
* Film final trailer was release on June 15, 2007 and was attached to screen of *Rise Of Silver Surfer*, *Evan Almighty*, *Ratatouille*, *Transformers*, *Computeropolis 2*, *Twin, Duo, And Double*, *Simpsons Movie*, *Underdog*, *Daddy Day Camp*, *Upside Mystery*, and *Mr Bean Holiday*.
* TV spots began to air between August 6 to November 9, 2007.

Video Game based on film has been release for Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PC, and Nintendo DS and was developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ on September 11, 2007.

### Home media

*Kate And Chris* was release on DVD and Blu ray on January 29, 2008 by 20 Century Fox Home Entertainment, and it includes sneak preview of *Wild Forest* and *Crystal*, gallery, concept art, posters, documentary, DVD ROM features, 51 isolated sound effects track, trailers, TV spots, and deleted scenes.

It was later release on 4K Ultra HD Blu Ray, Blu ray 3D, and Digital HD on October 11, 2016.

## Reception

### Critical reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, film has approval rating of 100% based on 149 reviews, with average rating of 6.2 10. Site critical consensus reads, *Kate And Chris* is cute and funny enough, but colorful humor of book get lost with Hollywood production values. On Metacritic, it received score of 100 out of 100, based on 77 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave film average grade of A on A to F scale.

Michael Rechtshaffen of *Hollywood Reporter* gave film gave positive review say, Fox Animation adaptation of the philosophically satiric book series is lot of laughs and boasts much tight story than most animated features. Roger Ebert of *Chicago Sun Times* gave film 4 out of 4 stars, say *Kate And Chris* is truly touch and hilarious family adventure with blast of humor and soundtrack, as well as comical plot from folks at 20 Century Fox Animation.

James Rocchi of *MSN Movies* gave film negative review, If it even not as good as *Kate And Chris*, Film adaptation is complete insult to book series for fans. do even care if 3D CGI animation is good and characters have their usual selves from books, it just that Fox should be ashamed of themselves, while Richard Corliss of *Time Magazine* also gave negative review and call it insidious nonsense, and accused Hollywood of try to indoctrinate kids and adults.

### Box office

*Kate And Chris* open alongside *Game Plan* and *Kingdom*, and earn $7 on it open day in US making it highest animated open day during that time. It grossed combined total of $5 in it open week at 4,055 theaters, reach top of box office for that week. In it 2 week, film drop 100% to $3 from expanded 4,114 theaters, and still placing in 1. In it 3 week, film held well to $9 and once again placing in 1 beat animated newcomer *MISSION*. In it 4 week, film gave out to $1 and finally placing in 3 behind *30 Days Of Night* and *Why Did Get Married*. Film close on January 31, 2008 after 125 day of release, grossing $2 in US and UK, along with $6 overseas for worldwide total of $4.

#### 3D re-release

20 Century Fox release *Kate And Chris* in 3D on March 11, 2016, with conversion cost estimated to be below $1 million. For open week of it 3D release in NA, *Kate And Chris* grossed $3 million, debut at No 3 spot behind *10 Cloverfield Lane* and *Zootopia*.

Film earn $3 million in NA and $6 million internationally, for combined total of $2 million, and cumulative worldwide total of $5 million. *Kate And Chris* was later release in 3D on April 22, 2016 in UK, grossing $8 million.

## Internet popularity

In 2018, *Kate And Chris* had unexpected rise in popularity as Internet meme.

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## Television series

*Main article: Kate & Chris Adventures*
*Kate And Chris Adventures* is American animated TV series created by 20 Animation in 2013, based on film, which in turn was based on book series of same name by Eric Stern. Series aired on Fox Family from July 5, 2013 to November 4, 2016, and continues story of film.

## Sequel

Sequel *Kate And Chris* call, *Back In Action* was release on March 2, 2018.

## Transcripts

### Main

To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailers

To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.

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