Kids and adults will be engaged by the action sequences and Bond-like gadgetry. Good performences from the cast. I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that, for some reason, Angie Harmon's character is dressed in very "cleavage revealing" clothes throughout. There is also a moment when it is implied that her clothing has become see-through. I will never understand why film makers insist on throwing in these small but annoying moments of sexual innuendo into movies aimed at kids. The death scene (of a bad guy) at the end of the movie might be a little graphic for younger kids.
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Agent Cody Banks
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Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8. -
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Only a kid could love it, but they do.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Agent Cody Banks
Parents need to know that the movie has violence, including one grisly death by disintegration. Characters use some strong schoolyard language ("screwed up," "play doctor," "Are you in special ed?") and there is a locker room scene in which a woman snatches the towel from a boy's middle and snaps it at another boy's crotch. (The flesh-colored underpants the boy was wearing under the towel are reassuringly evident.) The adult woman spy dresses like a comic book character, but she is strong and capable. The head of the CIA is a black man. There is a joke about using the special x-ray glasses to peek at women's underwear and an adult makes a joke about breasts. It is highly insensitive to have characters use "special ed" as an insult. Most troubling is that one of the young people in the movie is directly responsible for the death of a bad guy -- usually, in movies for this age group, they are careful to have the bad guy killed as the result of his own actions, like falling off a building when he lunges for someone. Some audience members may be upset about this.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about whether they would like to be spies. They might want to check out the CIA's Web site. I like the description of what they are looking for in spy candidates: "an adventurous spirit, a forceful personality, superior intellectual ability, toughness of mind, and a high degree of personal integrity, courage, and love of country. You will need to deal with fast-moving, ambiguous, and unstructured situations that will test your resourcefulness to the utmost."
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- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
Good Action Movie With A Few Low Points
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Please gag me. I almost lost my brain watching it...
What a waste of space! This is a really ridiculous movie. It follows a predictable format and has Frankie Muniz acting like an idiot. It isn't funny and there are much better movies to entertain your children with, both from and entertainment and educational standpoint.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
why
ithinked it was mean
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- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
spoiler alert: Hillary kills someone!
The movie was okay up till the end. Then my 2 young kids (7 and 4) saw "nice" Hillary Duff kill the bad guy in a very grisly, vivid manner. This isn't the kind of thing I want my kids to see. Also making fun of someone by saying that they need to be in special ed is more than insensitive and rude.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
This movie is awsome!
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- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Great family movie
I like this movie because the concept is cool. Having a teenage spy is really unique. The violence is there, but the pg rating is accurate. There isn't any blood or anything like that. Cody Banks is an ordinary high schooler that gets called up the the CIA. His job is to get "close" to a girl in order to find information on her father who is being forced to help bad guys. He gets outfitted with a bunch of cool gadgets. Example: sunglasses that can see through certain objects, ipod that has a shooting cable, a watch that electrocutes people, etc. I think this movie is fun for the entire family!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Exciting
I would give it an 8 and a half stars out of 10. If you like excitement, it's probably good for you. It does have violence, but not too much for me. I am eight years old. If you liked Spy Kids, then you will probably like this. Hilary Duff stars in this movie. It's not a nine or a ten because it's not the best movie that I've seen.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Stupid
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
Stupid, Dumb, I hated it!!!
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- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
They were trying too hard
Agent Cody Banks stars Frankie Munaz and Hilary Duff. They were using both of them. The movie did not entertain me. There was one gross part where the dress of a twenty year old went clear, and the actors laughed.... that was strange. I didn`t think it was that good at all.
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