When people think of Disney they usually think of the big budget films that Disney releases every single year. With them very rarely thinking about or even knowing about the fact that Disney also releases alot of films on the Disney Channel and it's one of those films that I want to talk about today and so then join me as I review that alot of people might not even remember was a thing in the first place but also stars quite alot of Disney Channel stars with the film in question being called simply just "Dadnapped" enjoy.
The plot of this film is when her successful author father is kidnapped Melissa Morris has to track him down with the help of some her dads most die hard fans. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this films plot being the stereotypical kiddie affair that alot of people associate with the Disney Channel which is something that really doesn't work for this film as this film has alot of good ideas that could only be reached if this film took a more mature approach to it's storytelling with this films plot also being rather entertaining and also rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways/ at least.
Starring in this film is Emily Osment as Melissa Morris , David Henrie as Wheeze and Jason Earles as Merv Kilbo. Also starring in this film is Moisés Arias as Andre , Denzel Whitaker as Sheldon , Phill Lewis as Maurice , Charles Halford as Skunk , Jonathan Keltz as Tripp Zoome , Justice League: The Animated Series star George Newbern as Neal Morris and Wizards Of Waverly Place star Jennifer Stone as The Voice Of Debbie.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that''s actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then un all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films cast turning in the best performances that they can do as nobody expects great or even good acting from a Disney Channel Original Movie as let's be honest those don't really require great acting and yet to see good acting from this film just goes to show you that alot of this films cast are a bunch of really good actors as this film doesn't really need good acting and yet that's exactly what we get in this film with the cast is not really being helped by the fact that this films script is really pretty bad with the script not really giving the cast really alot to work with interms of what it is that their respective characters personalities is even meant to be and that is something that really does bring down the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.
The key thing to help in selling this films plot is the relation between Melissa and her father Neal Morris. Which is something that really doesn't work in this film as the film doesn't really have the chance to fully develop their relationship and as such when he does get kidnapped and they do have a heart to heart it comes out of nowhere as we the audience have very little knowledge of what their live was like and what their relationship was like which is understandable given the films short running time but if your going to have a father and daughter relationship be the main focal point of the film then the filmmakers should have gone to the effort into making sure that the audience actually cares enough about that relationship to want to see both characters meet up again which is something that the film fails to do.
To give this film credit it does a good job of hiding it's surprise villain with the film setting up another set of characters who we are led to believe is going to be the main set of villains. Only for it to turn that the person that we led to believe is the comic relief side character who's there to help the main character is infact the main villain and the people that we are led to believe are the main villains are in fact the comic relief characters who are there to help the main characters this was such a good twist as the film gives you a really solid reason to believe that this trio of characters could be the main villain in a way that while it doesn't make sense it's still just dumb enough that you kind of buy into it but sadly it's also the fact that the film doesn't give the trio of characters a really good reason to be the villains that let the film down as it would have made the film so much better and the misdirect so much better if you showed us these characters doing things that could have been evil in order to fully make us the audience believe that they could be the films main villains.
It's not hard to see why not alot of people really talk about or even remember this film for that matter as this film isn't that memorable. With the film being just the stereotypical Disney Channel Original Movie affair and really nothing more then that and that is what brings the film down and makes it less memorable as the idea alone could work for a Disney Chanel Original Movie but because they water it down so much what could be a good idea instead just becomes just another Disney Channel Original Movie and really nothing more then that which it really shouldn't be as on paper this film should have been so much more then that and on paper this film could have been one of the most memorable Disney Channel Original Movies out there and yet it's just not due to how watered down the idea is and due to the fact that the film is alot more focused on telling bad jokes then it is on telling a good story with good or interesting characters which is something that really does hurt this film in the grand scheme of things.
Just to go back to the villains for a second the actual main villain is a rather solid villain with him being played by Jason Earles. As his characters main motivation is to sell a manuscript and then kill the author in order to make the book more valuable and himself more money which is a really good idea but then they give him this weird thing where he hates his clothes getting dirty which is just done so that the film can have more bad jokes in it with the clothes getting dirty thing only being funny once and that's really it and while a villain being funny can indeed work but it just doesn't work here and because of that the film has tonal whiplash as he goes from being deadly series and straight up threatening to kill Melissa to complain that his clothes are getting dirty all in the same scene and all it does is make it known that the filmmakers had no idea what kind of villain that they wanted him to be as when he is a serious villain he is pretty creepy and really good but when he's trying to be funny it just doesn't work at all.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty three minuets and forty one seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for a Disney Channel Original Movie to have and to this films credit it really doesn't feel that long at all with the film really just flying right on by but at the same time this film really could have done with a much more longer running time just to flesh out it's characters and it's story alot more which would have helped the film out quite alot but as it is the story isn't as fully developed as it should have been and the characters just across as being very note and one dimensional which is something that really does hurt the film in the long run but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a comedy that means that I have t actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really bad. With this film only having really one good joke in the whole entire film with the film most;y being made up of jokes that are just aren't that funny which is something that really shouldn't be the case as this films cast is made up of alot of really funny actors and yet for some reason the filmmakers give alot them really nothing funny to say or do which hurts the film as this is a comedy and as a result you expect good jokes in a comedy and yet this film fails to do even that in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall it's not hard to see why this film has very mostly been forgotten about is it really is just that bad of a film that is also one that is also really forgettable as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys ad girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being Google Images simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.