Zoom: Critic Reviews

In a feat of dullness quite powerful in its own way, this lifeless family comedy sucks the joy from every joke it touches; X-Men's Rogue would be envious.

Too infantile for tweens and too stagnant for tots, Zoom bleeds boredom from every frame.

The title describes the sound that you should make in your car, or on foot, or on mule, heading away from any cinema showing this film.

Shabbily filmed and resolutely unfunny.

Frankly, this would have been a perfect candidate for the straight-to-DVD shelf. But the young stars are appealing, and at this point in his career, Allen could carry a family film with one hand tied behind his back.

The under-achieving Zoom resembles nothing so much as as a subpar episode of a failed Disney Channel teleseries.

Cox falls down three times, Allen belches and Chase gets covered with buckets of green snot. Scenes keep ending on non-jokes like this exchange: 'No way!' 'Way!'

Zoom is another one of those endearingly cheap, twice-annual Tim Allen movies that seem to be forever playing on airplanes. (Next up is Santa Clause 3.)

Zoom is a movie that you've probably seen several times already.

When it comes to action, comedy, and drama, three words apply: lamer, lamer, lamest.

A crashing, thudding dullness infects every moment of Zoom.

It has plenty of energy and visual effects but not a single original idea in its spandex-clad head.

Dull comic-book fodder for kids.

The story is muddled and slovenly, and the execution is unbelievably cheap-looking, with special effects that are miles beyond cheesy.

[It] made me laugh. I don't know why.

...a light-hearted and mindlessly engaging time-waster.

you won't miss much if you give this one a pass

Zoom is a shocking waste of a decent premise - it could have been the Galaxy Quest of superhero movies but instead it's a badly directed, poorly written and desperately unamusing mess.

... this fizzled action flick lacks the wit, style and substance of so many better efforts ...

Santa trapped in a chimney and choking on his own beard would be funnier than this.

... a copycat kids' flick that raises smiles but no laughs.

Ever the foolish optimist, I actually expected to enjoy Zoom.

This comedy drags its feet, while the sappy sweetness will make you wince.