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Unaccompanied Minors
By Naomi Gault, staff Writer
Based on a true story told on public radio by Mya Stark,
Unaccompanied Minors, should remain there. Not only is it a horrible
story with very few entertaining scenes, it has a very played out
story. Kids left by themselves, throw in two idiotic "bad guys" and
troublesome kids you get the script… very similar to the Home Alone
series. However, the world could deal with one naughty kid (however
annoying his scream may have been), but six!? The world is not ready
for that.
Tyler James Williams, Dyllan
Christopher, Brett Kelly, Gina Mantegna, Quinn Shepard, and
Dominique Saldana star or, for lack of a better word, act in this
movie. With the exception of Williams, who stars in Everybody Hates
Chris, and Kelly who some might remember being in Bad Santa, none of
these kids are stars. They play unaccompanied kids who become
stranded at an airport because of a snowstorm. To make matters
worse, it's Christmas Eve! How will Santa ever find them? Actually,
the majority of the kids are aware of the non-existence of Mr.
Clause, but one of five is expecting to be found by Santa. Anyways,
these six children are stuck at the airport, but of course, these
five children couldn't just sit still and quiet like well behaved
kids, or else there would have been no movie. They run wildly around
the airport, outsmarting airport officer, Oliver Port (played by
Lewis Black) and his assistant Zach (played by none other than That
70's Show's Fez, Wilmer Valderama).
This movie was basically one of the
movies you will never hear about again. Not only does it steal from
Home Alone, a movie that everyone has already seen and if they
wanted to see it again, they could just rent it. It might not be so
bad if you are ten years of age or younger, but teens should
definitely not spend their hard-earned cash made by a sad
minimum-waged job on this movie. The one (and only) good thing is an
occasional laugh or giggle that can be heard in the theater. If you
wish to be a wonderful sibling, then take a younger sibling to see
it over the holiday break. Otherwise, if you really have a desire
to see the movie, wait for it come out on DVD and see a psychiatrist
while you're at it.
Unaccompanied Minors is in theaters
now and rated PG by the MPAA for mild rude humor and language.
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