Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)

The Rugrats travel to Paris, France, where Chuckie hopes to find a new mother and keep his father from marrying an evil business woman.

Directors:

Stig Bergqvist, Paul Demeyer

Writers:

J. David Stem, David N. Weiss

Stars:

Christine Cavanaugh, Elizabeth Daily, Cheryl Chase

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elizabeth Daily	...	Tommy Pickles (voice) (as E.G. Daily)
Tara Strong	...	Dil Pickles (voice)
Cheryl Chase	...	Angelica Pickles (voice)
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Chuckie Finster (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Susan 'Susie' Carmichael (voice) (as Cree Summer Franck)
Kath Soucie	...	Lil DeVille / Phil DeVille / Betty DeVille (voice)
Michael Bell	...	Drew Pickles / Charles 'Chaz' Finster, Sr. (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Charlotte Pickles (voice)
Casey Kasem	...	Wedding DJ (voice)
Joe Alaskey	...	Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice)
Debbie Reynolds	...	Lulu Pickles (voice)
Jack Riley	...	Stu Pickles (voice)
Susan Sarandon	...	Coco LaBouche (voice)
John Lithgow	...	Jean-Claude (voice)
Marlene Mitsuko Yamane	...	Villagers "Princess Spectacular" (voice)

Storyline

Wishes come true in Rugrats in Paris The Movie, and love makes its way into the hearts of those young, old and overseas. Chuckie's dad, Chazz, starts dating again, and it's Chuckie's wish to find a new mom. When Stu Pickles is summoned to Reptarland, an amazing new amusement park in Paris, to work on his Reptar invention, Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, Phil, Lil, Dil, Didi and the whole gang tag along to the city of romance. But the Rugrats' big adventure turns out to be more than glamour, fashion and smelly cheese. Chuckie learns that when it comes to princesses and potential mommies, things are not always what they seem, and for Chazz, finding the right woman can be difficult in any language. As the Rugrats' travels take them from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame and everywhere in between, the world's favorite babies learn new lessons about courage, loyalty, trust and above all, true love.

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Plot Keywords:

villain | older actors younger roles | france | paris france | baby | 

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Taglines:

New heights in adventure!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

17 November 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,718,184, 19 November 2000

Gross USA:

$76,507,756

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$103,291,131

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Klasky-Csupo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (Digital DTS Sound) Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first Rugrats film to be released in 21st century.

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Goofs

When Spike urinates on the Eiffel Tower, we see it with a brick base. The real Eiffel Tower does not have that.

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Quotes

Tommy Pickles: My daddy is helping your daddy find dates.
Chuckie Finster: What are dates?
Phil DeVille: Big raisins that make you pupe.

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Crazy Credits

Music video for "Who Let The Dogs Out" by Baha Men after movie is over (VHS)

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Alternate Versions

The DVD version has two alternate endings that explain what happened to Coco now that Chaz married Kira:

• Alternate ending 1: Coco still works at Euro-Reptarland in "Ooey-Gooey World" and it ends with slime falling on Coco.
• Alternate ending 2: Coco works at the "Perfume P.U." plant where she tests deodorizers on people with smelly armpits and the segment ends with Coco's henchman telling her to test the foot powers, in which she eventually faints.

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Connections

Featured in Behind the Movie: Rugrats in Paris (2000)

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Soundtracks

Bad Girls
by Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson, Bruce Sudano and Donna Summer
Performed by Cheryl Chase with Tim Curry, Kevin Michael Richardson (as Kevin Richardson) and Billy West
Produced by George Acogny

User Reviews

The Rugrats visit Paris -- and Paris will never be the same.

With lots of fun references to other movies (`Godfather' being the best homage) `Rugrats in Paris' is a good time for all.

The animation in this film is not as flashy as in the first `Rugrats' movie that came out in 1998 but because of that it works all that much better. It is more simplistic, less dark and much more in the vein of the Nickelodeon cartoon series.

It also has a few breakthrough moments: why Chuckie doesn't have a Mom, Chuckie's first word (at least the first word understandable by adults) and actual empathy by Angelica for another person's feelings.

That is why I continue to watch the `Rugrats' both on television and in their movies: unlike so many other cartoon characters they continue to evolve and grow – though I hope they never truly grow up.

In addition to the usual voices used in the Nickelodeon series the addition of Debbie Reynolds, Susan Sarandon, John Lithgow and Casey Kasem make this film version just that much better. Especially Susan Sarandon who plays the scheming ‘Coco LaBouche' – a real star turn if ever there was one.

There are a few scary moments that children of the actual age that the Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil are supposed to be might find to be a little too much but the overall film has a lot of warm, fuzzy moments that, as is the standard for all the ‘Rugrats' productions, teach a good lesson without hitting you over the head with it.

There is pathos, sweetness, redemption, scariness and just the right amount of humour to make this a film that all the family should see.