Simply A Masterpiece

Redundant and unnecessary.

Powerful

Excellent but underrated film

Robin meets Jamika and her son and her friend's rowdy hell bent for leather children, Bebe's Kids ! A visit to a fun park turns into pandemonium and then a last minute trip to Vegas turns out the lights on the strip. Everywhere Bebe's Kids go they use their war cry like a flag "We don't die, We Multiply !" This movie is based on a short comedy skit by late great comedian Robin Harris. Originally there were four Bebe's kids but for the movie there are three. It was funny for it's time and is one of Paramount's most under marketed animated movies of all time. Even today on DVD it is discontinued as Paramount Execs really don't know how to cater to African American Movie Watchers.If you want to find a near mint condition copy on either VHS or DVD for cheap try Ebay or your local Video Outlet's Previously Viewed Shelf.

As a child I loved this movie and couldn't stop watching. My friends and I made this movie part of our weekend routine. So I decided to watch it recently to see if it was as funny as I thought it was. It turned out it was even better. Now that I am older I can enjoy the more mature jokes rather than just the hilarious antics the kids get themselves into. I am curious though about all the African-American stereotypes in this film others have commented on. It certainly can't be the kids as all races have their "bad apples". I actually think it defies some myths about African-Americans. Such as the stereotype that black men don't care about kids. Here we see a black man not only taking care of children, but other people's children. This movie even depicts the real problem of racial profiling (The security officers paying close attention on one of the Bebe children just because of how he dresses. Even though he is only a child.) All in all I believe this movie and the experience along with it some of my best childhood memories.

The comedy routines, sketches and characters of the late, great comedian Robin Harris were adapted into a film for this 1992 Paramount release. An animated incarceration of Harris finally goes on a long awaited first date with his new girlfriend and gets more than he ever bargained for when she brings along four extremely rowdy young charges and changes their originally planned quiet setting into a wild and noisy trip to an amusement park called Fun World. The kids are hilarious and are the best part of this really raucous animated film comparable to the cult animation films and techniques of Ralph Bakshi. Not as explicit as one might expect but some mild profanity and blue humor may make some parents want to keep this one away from their kids.

I saw this when I was about 13. I saw it again on Friday and had the time of my life studying the colors and humor created by the images. You'll laugh at what the characters say and do, and how they sound (especially Tone Loc as baby Pee-wee), but the funniest thing, really, is how over-the-top the action scenes are. It's also, surprisingly, a nice romance.I wish I could warn the entire world about renting this *instead* of any "Problem Child" film; but hey, can't stop 'em all. -Sep