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| Elizabeth Daily | ... |
Tommy Pickles
(voice) (as E.G. Daily)
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| Christine Cavanaugh | ... |
Chuckie Finster
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| Kath Soucie | ... | ||
| Melanie Chartoff | ... |
Didi Pickles /
Minka
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| Phil Proctor | ... |
Howard DeVille /
Igor
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| Cree Summer | ... |
Susan 'Susie' Carmichael
(voice)
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| Mary Gross | ... |
Woman Guest
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Kevin McBride | ... |
Male Guest
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| Andrea Martin | ... |
Aunt Miriam
(voice)
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| Michael Bell | ... |
Charles 'Chaz' Finster, Sr. /
Grandpa Boris /
Drew Pickles
(voice)
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| Tress MacNeille | ... |
Charlotte Pickles
(voice)
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| Jack Riley | ... |
Stuart 'Stu' Pickles
(voice)
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| Busta Rhymes | ... |
Reptar Wagon
(voice)
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| Joe Alaskey | ... |
Grandpa Lou Pickles
(voice)
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| Cheryl Chase | ... |
Angelica Pickles
(voice)
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Tommy faces responsiblity when Dil, his new baby brother is born. As with all newborns, the child becomes a bane to Tommy and the rest of his gang. Even Phil and Lil don't like them. So they decide to return Dil to where he came from, the hospital. But they get lost along the way, REALLY lost, and get into even more trouble with a circus. Can they find their way home and can Tommy and Dil just get along? Written by Quentin R.
Tommy and his friends are excited and looking forward to the arrival of his new baby sister. However when young Dil arrives he turns out to be a boy as well as not being as much fun as had been expected. With Dill taking all his parent's attention away from Tommy, the other babies find themselves all marginalised by this screaming and pooping creature. Trying to return Dil to the hospital turns into a much bigger adventure than they planned when they wind out lost deep in the woods.
Some cartoons are aimed at kids but have plenty for adults to enjoy; some cartoons are so completely for kids that adults struggle to get anything from them. The Rugrats Movie falls somewhere in the middle, being engaging enough for adults without really having that much specifically for them. Of course for kids the simple plot will provide enough adventure to hold the attention while the baby jokes come fast enough to amuse. Adults will not be turned off by the film because it is professional enough to distract, but the adult references are few and far between and certainly not as clever as the Pixar films that adults will be used to.
The voice cast deliver the characters from the TV show well enough and will please fans by delivering more of the same but just over a longer running time. Guest turns from Curry, Goldberg, Spade, Clinton, Cho and Rhymes don't add a great deal but in their defence I suppose it was easy work for money. Overall then a professional and enjoyable film for child fans of the series which fills the running time well. However there isn't much for adults other than the promise that at least it won't grate the way some kids films do.