What Took Me So Long: I aged out of Rugrats slightly by the time the movie came out and it was harder to find on TV than the original movie.
Why I Saw It: (Club 50) Perhaps the best episode of Rugrats was the Mother's day episode. It goes down with the Futurama episode with Fry's dog as an animated series episode that can bring a grown man to tears. After the introduction of Dil was a hit in the first movie, getting Chuckie a mom is a no brainer for the second. There's plenty of the standard Rugrats mixed of humor: broad and physical for the kids with a few that fly right over their heads, aimed to remind adults that it's better than, say, Barnyard. The move I was pleased by was that when the already too soon wedding with CoCo fell apart and Chas fell for Kira, they didn't turn around and finish the ceremony with her. Instead, they set that wedding at an undisclosed time in the future.
Why I Wish I Hadn't: Rugrats at its best is about everyday things as seen through the fresh eyes of infants. Rugrats in Paris had the babies controlling a giant, mechanical Reptar that terrorizes the streets of Paris. In the attempt to make something fitting of a movie screen rather than a TV screen, they took away the charm of the series.
Verdict (?): Weakly Recommend
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