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'Down and Derby': Pleasantly innocuous
by Bob Longino

The "sins" of the fathers are visited on their sons in "Down and Derby," an amiable, albeit somewhat lame family film that often calls to mind those Dean Jones Disney movies from the early '70s. Three boyhood pals take over for their sons in the Scout-sponsored Pinewood Derby in which the kids (supposedly with their father's' help) build miniature race cars out of seven-inch pinewood blocks. The dads' mutual arrested adolescence has a few funny moments, and the cast is all right. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Three boyhood pals take over for their sons in the Scout-sponsored Pinewood Derby, in which the kids — supposedly with their fathers' help — build miniature race cars out of seven-inch pinewood blocks.

FILM FACTS ...

Stonehaven Media

'Down and Derby'

Director: Eric Hendershot
Starring: Greg Germann, Lauren Holly, Pat Morita, Hunter Tylo, Robert Costanzo, Perry Anzilotti
Run time: 93 minutes
Release date: April 15, 2005
Rating: PG for some crude humor, sensuality and brief mild language.

On the web
Official movie site
View the trailer
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C
"Nothing special, but nothing painful either."