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Secret Headquarters

2022

Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Owen Wilson, Michael Peña, Momona Tamada, Keith L. Williams ...

4.5

297

Action. Comedy. Sci-Fi. Adventure Young Charlie Kincaid, who discovers a secret headquarters under his home that seems to belong to a superhero. He shares it with his friends, and they start to believe that his estranged father might have a secret double life.

	Media	Author	Review
		Mark Feeney Boston Globe	"'Secret Headquarters' is uneven but consistently lively. There are moments of real wit, though not enough to compensate for the fairly tired, somewhat confused action sequences (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"Owen Wilson flies high in actually original kids’ comedy (...) that kids and parents can both enjoy"
		Calum Marsh The New York Times	"'Secret Headquarters' has the playful, mischievous air of something like 'The Goonies' (...) it has the air of …well, of just another superhero movie"
		Tomris Laffly AV Club	"Between all the cool gadgets (...) you desperately want 'Secret Headquarters' to be a fun and swift adventure (...) But that imaginary film is unfortunately trapped somewhere inside this clumsy wreck"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"With less pedestrian writing, there might have been some genuine uplift in the outcome of a family reinforcing its bonds while taking on future missions as a unified team. But 'Secret Headquarters' is mostly just meh"
		Paul Bradshaw NME	"It might not be much of an Owen Wilson movie, or even that much of a superhero flick, but(...) there’s a fun little Sunday afternoon family film here just begging for a sequel (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"Some of the elements in 'Secret Headquarters' are mildly pleasant, but the film seems too content to color completely within the lines"
		Petrana Radulovic Polygon	"'Secret Headquarters' proves itself to be a fun, heartwarming romp"
		Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"It is as bland and forgettable as its title would suggest. It’s so generic, it almost sounds like the name of a better movie translated awkwardly from another language into its simplest terms in English (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Alex Maidy JoBlo	"'Secret Headquarters' isn't funny enough, action-packed enough, or original enough to warrant the level of talent involved in front of the camera or behind it"
		Rachel Labonte Screen Rant	"Aided by an excellent young cast, 'Secret Headquarters' is a fun adventure for all ages (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		John Serba Decider	"Faint praise for 'Secret Headquarters'. It's fine. Use once and destroy. Go ahead and be 51 percent amused and 49 percent unamazed"
		Courtney Howard Variety	"With a solid cast, healthy sense of humor and polished visual effects, the film rises above so many of the sub-cinematic slogs littering the streaming fray"
		Nicole Ackman Ready Steady Cut	"Despite Owen and Scobell's charm, the film is boring and derivative (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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