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Max Keeble's Big Move

Max Keeble's Big Move

Comedy · Family · Action · 2001

Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.

Movie details

Max Keeble's Big Move

“His World. His Rules.”

2001 Comedy · Family · Action 1h 26m

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5.9 / 10

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Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tim Hill

Written by

Jonathan Bernstein · James Greer · Mark Blackwell · David L. Watts

Alex D. Linz

Alex D. Linz

Max Keeble

Larry Miller

Larry Miller

Principal Elliot T. Jindraike

Jamie Kennedy

Jamie Kennedy

Evil Ice Cream Man

Zena Grey

Zena Grey

Megan

Josh Peck

Josh Peck

Robe

Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn

Lily Keeble

Robert Carradine

Robert Carradine

Don Keeble

Court is in session

Put Max Keeble's Big Move 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 Auteur Devotee

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

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