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| View Larger Image | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
by David Kirk, Eric Flaherty, Gary Mundell, Michael Hirsh, Nadine Van der Velde, Nadine Van der Velde
Directed by Kevin McDonagh, Mike Fallows
Starring Brooke Shields, Rick Moranis, Tony Jay, Scott Beaudin, Rebecca Brenner
MGM (Video & DVD)
| | List Price: | $9.98 | | Price: | $8.99 | | You Save: | $0.99 (10%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 23801 | | Release Date: | July 20, 2004 | | Rated: |  | | Running Time: | 49 minutes | | Theatrical Release: | March 31, 2003 | | Studio: | MGM (Video & DVD) |
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Description
Now you can laugh, dance and sing along with Miss Spider and all her friends in their very own adventure! Brooke Shields and Rick Moranis give voice to Miss Spider and her husband Holley in this irresistible tale of friendship and familyand eight-legged funbased on the best-selling children's book series by David Kirk. Spring has arrived with five bundles of joy for Miss Spider and Holley! Now, with Snowdrop, Pansy, Spinner, Wiggle and Squirt, there's never a dull moment around the web. But when Squirt tries to reunite a lost chicken egg with its mother, Miss Spider and Holley must hatch a daring plan to rescue him and his new friends...before they all become chicken feed!! |
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Bestselling author David Kirk brings his Miss Spider book series to life in this film debut about a mother's love, cleverly set in a bug's world. As the film's executive producer, Kirk has skillfully transposed his luminous illustrations onto the screen in sparkling animation. The story finds the sweet-natured Miss Spider (voiced by Brooke Shields) newly married to noble and bespectacled Holley (voiced by Rick Moranis). The love bugs soon hatch a brood of babies and discover that parenting is full of challenges; namely, keeping track of their small son, Squirt. When a mysterious visitor appears in the meadow, Squirt takes it deep into the forest and right into the web of menacing arachnid strongman, Spideris. Though Kirk departs from his trademark rhyming prose to bring about the full-length film, he continues to delight with his usual scattering of playful puns, such as when a flying Squirt squeals, "Hey Mom, I'm surfin' the web." Spiderifically fun. (Ages 4 to 10) --Lynn Gibson |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 18 reviews)
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Great-- but not intended as a babysitter for the youngest kids! 
This a wonderful video which elementary school kids and adults can enjoy watching together. The animation style is very interesting and unique-- the series has a distinctive "look" which is appealing to kids.
It's interesting to read here that a lot of parents are having their babies and toddlers watch lengthy videos, and then are surprised when the little ones find these images scary or overwhelming. Parents need to use common sense.
There is also a great Miss Spider television series now out on DVD. Episodes are always based around caring about others, understanding their feelings, and being considerate. The characters are not perfect-- they make mistakes, etc. But in the end they learn important lessons about love, family, friendship, and how we should treat others.
February 15, 2008 | |
delightful
My three year old daughter loves this movie. It is very clever. I can see where some of the characters could be scary for younger children, but my daughter loves it.
February 28, 2007 | |
"We Have to Be Good to Bugs --- All Bugs"
"Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids," based on David Kirk's book by the same name, is a touching introduction to the land of Sunny Patch for all fans of Miss Spider and her little buglings.
Miss Spider and Holley are two lovebugs and the special begins with their marriage. Spiderus, however, is a carnivorous spider who is jealous of their romance and wants Miss Spider for himself. As he stews, everyone celebrates, until a chicken shows up. They manage to chase out the chicken and the fun resumes, but what they don't realize is that the chicken has left behind an egg.
Miss Spider and Holley settle into life together and eventually, Miss Spider lays eggs. She's excited about becoming a mother, but she's nervous too. She was adopted as a little spiderling by Betty Beetle. Since her adopted Mom really knew nothing about raising a baby spider, she basically had to make it up as she went along. Betty, however, assures her that she'll be a great Mom.
Miss Spider and Holley hatch five little spiders --- Squirt, Wiggle, Spinner and the twins Pansy and Snowdrop. They all soon grow into spirited little kids and Squirt is perhaps the most-spirited of them all. When the kids discover the egg that the chicken left behind, Squirt decides that he needs to return it to his mother, even if in entails danger. On his adventure, he discovers several new friends.
"Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids" is a delightful special that teaches kindness, bravery and friendship. Fans of the series will delight at learnng the genesis of their buggy friends now seen daily on television and in many books. This special is the only "Miss Spider" release by MGM Kids and the only one to star Brooke Shields as the voice of Miss Spider. In the TV show and future specials, Kristin Davis takes over as the voice of Miss Spider.
P.S.: I don't think this film is too scary for little kids. Compared to some of the fare that is out there, the content of this film isn't remotely scary, although, naturally, anyone with a strong fear of spiders might want to avoid it. Other than that, this film is really cute, with occasional scenes of peril, but nothing that anyone older than about three-or-four would probably be too terrified by (and I do believe the intended target audience is probably older preschool to those beginning school and their parents. Oh, and any fan of quality animation.)
January 20, 2007 | |
Disturbing film 
The movie opens with a melancholy, off-beat, off-key melody while we are twisting and winding through a forest, which made me feel disoriented and nauseous. The bad guy, "Spideris" is a pale white spider with distorted features, a character Tim Burton ("Corpse bride") would love.
This character frightened my two-year so much that he grabbed my finger and used it to turn off the TV.
I feel like a terrible father that I allowed him to watch this movie.
March 02, 2006 | |
too scary 
The antagonist in this movie is a very scary looking ghost-white spider with a big human-like face, a huge chin and sharp white teeth contrasting against a blood red mouth. He made me raise my eyebrows just before sending my three year old screaming and running from the TV. He shows up in the background in the initial wedding scene, when Miss Spider is getting married, muttering something about why isn't she with him; odd content for a young audience. Then he shows up mouth wide open ready to gobble one of Miss Spider's eggs that was dropped from a branch on the way to the egg sack. The egg does get rescued by some flying bug in the knick of time. We just stopped watching the movie after this point. We won't be watching it again until I know which scenes to skip a priori.
December 26, 2005 | |
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