Up, Up, and Away (2000)

One of the more mediocre projects to come out of the Disney studios is Up Up And Away, a story about a normal kid who can't quite fit in with his family of superheroes. This same premise was put to better use in the film Sky High that starred Kurt Russell which was also for the Magic Kingdom.In fact even more to the point I saw this plot also used in Saved By The Bell where Zack uses subliminal advertising in a music tape to get his woman Kelly. Here the villain is science teacher Kevin Connolly who is getting the kids at his high school to commit crimes on his behalf.Robert Townsend and Alex Datcher are the parents of young Michael Pagan who if he's going to be a superhero should get his superpowers by puberty. He's got an older brother and a younger sister with same, talk about a competitive family.Sherman Hemsley is in the cast as the grandfather of the superhero clan, imagine George Jefferson with superpowers that have gone a bit rusty and you have the Hemsley character.It's really not worth wasting your time with.

First off, the plot line in this movie is about as entertaining as watching a plant grow. We have your average American family (The Marshalls) living in your average American town, except for the fact that they have super heroes; Bronze Eagle, Warrior Woman, and Silver Charge. Real imaginative. Anyways without spoiling too much of this movie this moral is that you don't always need super powers to save the day. Yawn. With that said, we have some great B-list actors in this film that pull it through the running time. Sherman Hemsley "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"),(you may also remember him from that Nelly music video where he's 2 stepping in the ballpark) is hilarious as always, portraying the eccentric grandfather. Michael J. Pagan does a nice job at playing the dorky but cool (is that possible?) Warrior Eagle. Chris Marquette ("Joan of Arcadia" and "The Girl Next Door) does a great job at playing the always-funny best friend. However, some of the best acting in the film comes from TV commercial star Derek Lee ("Q-Bert", "Kohl's" and "Waffle Crisp Cereal"), as he plays the witty, unknowing, second-best friend. His part is small but single handedly almost validates a viewing of this movie alone. I don't know how many times i've rewinded my VHS just to watch him say "I Pick Amy" one more time. He does it with so much conviction it makes the viewer want to pick amy, and at the same time cry at the sheer brilliance of it all.Overall I recommend this movie to children, parents of children, and worst enemies.

I really like'd this. I suspect that they are mutants since, 1.They have super powers without an explination, 2.You can't have powers after 14, most mutants get theur powers around 12 or 13. I loved the villain but he should've had a codename, but the sequel should have a villain with powers(I think they should get their powers by acciendent and the movie be their origin story).

This movie was okay, but it could have been better. It was a little short in my opinion, didn't really have in depth detail about their families & friends, but other than that, this film is fun and worth watching. I liked the music in this, and the way that the surrounding was so comforting. It was very neat in many different ways. The only thing that was a little unbelievable is besides the fact that the father can fly, is that the kids don't really look like 8th graders. On this, they look like 6th graders. But you know like in some movies people are always older than they really look. I really think that they should make a sequel to this. It would make the first one twice as popular and it would be something else fun to watch. I give this a 10/10 even with all of those concerns that I have about it. I think everyone should see it!