Fun Size Starring Victoria Justice and Chelsea Handler
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Victoria Justice, left, and Jane Levy in Fun Size, which is set on Halloween.
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Jackson Nicoll in a scene from Fun Size.
Theres an effervescent tempo to Fun Size, a gleeful After Hours for All Hallows Eve, but for tweens and teenagers, and set in Cleveland. Victoria Justice (Nickelodeons Victorious) is Wren, a high school student intent on New York University, if she can only survive her eccentric mom, Joy (a deft Chelsea Handler), who dates a guy too young for her, and Wrens prankish little brother, Albert (Jackson Nicoll, a devilish pantomime), who hasnt spoken since Dad died. Wren hopes to hit a Halloween party with her BFF, April (a wry and winning Jane Levy, of Suburgatory), but Mom demands she take Albert trick or treating.
When Albert gets lost, Wren, abetted by the nerdy Roosevelt (Thomas Mann) and Peng (Osric Chau), ventures deep into the night to find him, and Wren and Alberts peregrinations take them to a chicken takeout, a nightclub, the party, a cemetery and the home of a bilious metalhead (Johnny Knoxville). Character accessories include firecrackers, toilet paper and for Wrens Wizard of Oz costume, glittering ruby-red Converse high-tops. Movie merits include a good cast, a tidy script and jokes just provocative enough.
Fun Size is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for some humor possibly too ribald for children under 13 but probably fine for the mall on a Friday night.
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