Mr. Potato Head at the International Toy Parade in 2002 Mr. Potato Head: It's about time he had his own movie, isn't it? Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images
 

by Linda Holmes

This weekend, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen makes its way to theaters, and once again, it raises the question, Where are the other action movies based on the potential menace presented by famous toys? The tagline for this one is "Revenge is coming," so it's not like a particularly high bar of creativity has been set.

Once again, this is a "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself" situation. And so we humbly offer the following:

The movie: Baby Alive
The tagline: She eats, she drinks...she kills.

The movie: Spirograph
The tagline: What goes around comes around.

The movie: Dream House
The tagline: When your knees don't bend, there's nowhere to run.

The list continues, after the jump...

The movie: Lite Brite
The tagline: It will have you pegged.

The movie: Big Wheel
The tagline: It's out of the garage, and no toe is safe.

The movie: See 'n' Say
The tagline: He saw it, but he should never have said it.

The movie: Easy-Bake
The tagline: Anything sweet can burn.

The movie: Mr. Potato-Head
The tagline: The root of all evil.

The movie: The Putty
The tagline: Changing the shape of fear.

The movie: Connect Four
The tagline: Don't look now, sis: it's more than sneaky.

(UPDATE: Fortunately, we managed no inadvertent overlap with this lovely film mentioned at Cinematical, which I just now saw and heartily recommend for another take on the same topic. I particularly like the Wes Anderson Teddy Ruxpin.)

categories: Movies

2:45 - June 22, 2009

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