The child actors, namely Jake Richardson and Luke Tarsitano each do a decent job of portraying their respectable characters Richardson plays the pre-teen male and Tarsitano as the annoying little brother. Darren McGavin is again put into the role of the old-but-wise character and performs admirably. The movie itself appealed to the younger audience but without having to resort to cheap, gimmicky or "popular" comedy (ahem.Kangaroo Jack). The script for FAM was not terrible, counting it was adapted from a national author's book. Bob Clark directs a film which is reminiscent of his neo-classic "A Christmas Story". Fudge-A-Mania, which is a television film adaptation of the final book in the series, is definitely worth viewing for the younger audiences. For the time in my life, I enjoyed each of these novels about growing up, siblings, and gender wars. When I was in my elementary years (which was the early to mid 1990's) I had discovered some truly unique books in Judy Blume's "Fudge" series which started with "Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing".
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