The Rugrats Movie

"An adventure for anyone who's ever worn diapers."

1998 1h 20m EN

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6.3

MID

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60%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

⭐

5.9

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 664🍅60%Rotten Tomatoes●62Metacritic★5.9IMDB · 21,677

AdventureAnimationComedyFamily

Synopsis

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The Pickles family welcome a new arrival, Dil, whose constant crying and need for attention quickly exhaust the other toddlers. Seeking to return the "broken" baby to the hospital, the gang embarks on a journey in a Reptar Wagon that inadvertently veers off course, leaving them stranded in a vast, dangerous forest. While facing off against escaped circus monkeys and a predatory wolf, Tommy must overcome his own resentment to protect his brother and make it back home.

“An adventure for anyone who's ever worn diapers.”

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Cast

Whoopi Goldberg
Ranger Margaret (voice)
David Spade
Ranger Frank (voice)
E. G. Daily
Tommy Pickles (voice)
Tara Strong
Dilan "Dil" Pickles (voice)
Christine Cavanaugh
Chuckie Finster (voice)
Kath Soucie
Phil / Lil / Betty DeVille (voices)
Cheryl Chase
Angelica Pickles (voice)
Tim Curry
Rex Pester (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Norton Virgien
Writers: David N. Weiss, J. David Stem
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Rugrats Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor John Bryant shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Whoopi Goldberg and David Spade and E. G. Daily carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An adventure for anyone who's ever worn diapers.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Norton Virgien directs. Mark Mothersbaugh scores. John Bryant cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.
328 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Rugrats Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor John Bryant shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Whoopi Goldberg and David Spade and E. G. Daily carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "An adventure for anyone who's ever worn diapers.".
9IMDB entry: tt0134067 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "baby", "sibling relationship", "home", "pregnancy".

The technical file

Original score: Mark Mothersbaugh
Editing: John Bryant
Runtime: 80 min · 1h 20m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $100,491,683
Return: 335% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: The Rugrats Movie (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes: 60% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 62/100
IMDB rating: 5.9/10 · 21,677 votes
MPAA: G

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations total

Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie

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Rugrats Collection

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Kamurai2020-08-26
★ 4/10
Weak watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend except for HUGE Rugrats fans. As the origin story for Dill Pickles, it very clearly is going to deal with "Where do babies come from?", but I think this is the closest the Rugrats franchise has come to addressing death with its audience. I don't think the nostalgia I had for Rugrats was strong enough. I'm seeing all these characters I loved, and just feeling nothing. I'm hearing these (fantastic, voice-acting) ladies doing baby voice, and I've seen other movies where ladies do baby voice and they're just not nearly as long as this one. I might have been able to get into the movie as it actually has a decent story (thought it focuses on the parents more than I'm used to), but they decided to play with rules that involve how babies talk. They clearly present new-born babies that not only talk, but talk eloquently about "Missing their old womb" (sounds like a baby saying "room"). Dill, barely talks. in fact, he talks to the babies like the babies would talk to the adults, and they refer to him as a baby. While they should be toddlers and speaking a lot more than they should, part of the premise is that they're babies that talk to each other, but not adults. It almost paints the picture that Dill was born retarded, but refuses to address it, even if it applies it directly. It really broke the movie for me, as it's the chief mechanic behind the babies' A story line that is the basis for the parents' B story line.

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