The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Totally Spies! The Movie
Animation · Adventure · Comedy · 2009
An origin story of how three high school girls became, like, totally spies.
Movie details
Totally Spies! The Movie
“Out to totally save the world without breaking a nail!”
2009 Animation · Adventure · Comedy 1h 15m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
An origin story of how three high school girls became, like, totally spies.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Totally Spies! The Movie?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Pascal Jardin
Written by
Michelle Lamoreaux · Robert Lamoreaux
Fily Keita
Clover (voice)
Claire Guyot
Sam (voice)
Céline Mauge
Alex (voice)
Jean-Claude Donda
Jerry (voice)
Karl Lagerfeld
Fabu (voice)
Perrette Pradier
Madame Scritch (voice)
Emmanuel Garijo
Tad (voice)
Court is in session
Put Totally Spies! The Movie on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.