Rugrats in Paris

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RUGRATS IN PARIS - THE MOVIE

Lovable Chuckie Finster desperately wants a new mommie - someone to make his lonely widower father Chas happy again.

He gets his wish when the Finsters and their friends, the Pickles and the DeVilles, go on an outing to EuroReptarland in Paris, where Stu Pickles must repair his malfunctioning gigantic Reptar robot.

There, Chas meets EuroReptarland employee Kira and her 18-month-old daughter Kimi is instantly smitten.

Unfortunately, the theme park's diabolical manager Coco LaBouche wants Chas all to herself, as part of a cunning scheme to win a presidency with the Japanese conglomerate running the park.

Aided by henchman Jean Claude, she connives and plots to make Chas marry her by pretending to adore Chuckie and the other babies. Can Tommy, Angelica and the other pint-sized tykes expose Coco's plans to the growed-ups before it is too late?

The first Rugrats movie was a riot of comedy and adventure for the whole family, and the sequel is equally entertaining. Animation is of a similar quality to the TV series, with sparing use of computer graphics for the set-pieces.

The screenplay operates on two separate tiers, with plenty of slapstick humour for the little ones, and pop culture references and visual gags for the parents. All the characters from the small screen show are here, up to mischief and deep in trouble.

The new grown-ups are just as colourful, particularly Coco the villainess who swans about in numerous fashion disasters like a Gallic Cruella de Vil.

Rugrats In Paris is destined to be a favourite with audiences of all ages for years to come.