Elizabeth Daily-Tommy Pickles

Christine Cavanaugh-Chucky

Kath Soucie-Phil/Lil

Tara Charendorff-Dil Pickles

Jack Reily-Stu Pickles

David Spade-Park Ranger

Whoopi Goldberg-Park Ranger

Like all those who have watched the Nickelodeon program "The Rugrats" know, the show is about four adorable little babies. There's Tommy, the leader; Chucky, his not quite so brave best friend; and Phil and Lil, identical twins. Now the cartoons pretty much have the same plot: their parents leave them with Grandpa, Grandpa falls asleep , and the kids escape to merry little misadventures. The movie follows pretty much the same formula, with just one little twist. As the movie opens we see Tommy's mom as she is very (and I do mean VERY) pregnant. She goes into labor, and just one catchy musical number follows before Tommy has a new baby brother named Dylan, or Dil for short. Now all is not right after this baby is born, as he seems to be grapping all of his parent's attention and now Tommy feels abandoned. So him and his friends decide to take Dil back to the hospital. So they bundle up into the Reptar wagon thier dad invented and through some strange set of circumstances they end up in the forest outside of town. So along way of they getting back they discover the true meaning of brotherhood, friendship, and other such messages in a better way then any Disney movie has in a long time.

This is the next wave of children's animation right, and we should all be glad that it is. "The Rugrats Movie", like "Antz" represents everything Disney was in it's prime. Funny, interesting stories and characters that appeal to adults as much as kids. The true genius of this movie, and the show, is how it tells the story from the baby's point of view. We see everything like they see it, and we are reminded of when we were that age.

Now I can only hope that the next animation wave to catch on will be the Japanese anime craze. Then I could stop insulting the genre once and for all.