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Unaccompanied Minors

Unaccompanied Minors

Family · Comedy · 2006

Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families and outsmart a disgruntled airport official who wants to keep them grounded.

Movie details

Unaccompanied Minors

“No plane, no parents, no problem!”

2006 Family · Comedy 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families and outsmart a disgruntled airport official who wants to keep them grounded.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Paul Feig

Written by

Jacob Meszaros · Mya Stark · Susan Burton

Lewis Black

Lewis Black

Oliver Porter

Wilmer Valderrama

Wilmer Valderrama

Zach Van Bourke

Tyler James Williams

Tyler James Williams

Charlie Goldfinch

Dyllan Christopher

Dyllan Christopher

Spencer Davenport

Brett Kelly

Brett Kelly

Timothy 'Beef' Wellington

Gia Mantegna

Gia Mantegna

Grace Conrad

Quinn Shephard

Quinn Shephard

Donna Malone

Court is in session

Put Unaccompanied Minors on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.