Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families and outsmart a disgruntled airport official who wants to keep them grounded.
Unaccompanied Minors may not be the worst holiday comedy ever made, but frankly I can't think of something from that genre that sinks lower than this frighteningly bad movie.
– Bill Zwecker,
Chicago Sun-Times,
8 Dec 2006
fresh:
Not for the faint of heart, the movie is unsettling and startlingly true to life.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
8 Dec 2006
rotten:
Unaccompanied Minors is packed with talent in front of and behind the camera, which makes its bland mediocrity even more unforgivable.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
8 Dec 2006
rotten:
Most Saturday morning cartoons are more realistic, and actually funnier.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
11 Dec 2006
rotten:
Irresponsible content notwithstanding, it's the low standard of filmmaking that really defies belief.