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Nickelodeon hopes to build a Rugrats-style franchise around its latest cartoon hero, who will star in his own TV series this autumn. But, while his big-screen debut is a lively and colourful addition to the burgeoning computer animated market, Jimmy Neutron may be too limited a character to guarantee lasting success.
Initially, though, kids will be thrilled by a gadget-packed caper that finds quiff-sporting brainiac Jimmy leading an expedition into space to fight the egg-shaped aliens who have abducted his parents. Grown-ups, on the other hand, may find this hyperkinetic adventure heavy-going – not least because of the MTV-friendly soundtrack, which can’t let a scene go by without some cacophonous accompaniment from ‘N Sync, Britney Spears or the Backstreet Boys.
