Bridget Jones might clean up this Easter in the adult stakes, but when it comes to children's movies there's quite a competition going on to win the younger viewer.

Rugrats in Paris came out last week and the Emperor's New Groove is being given a fresh push.

Why couldn't we have just gone to the American Adventure instead?

Now put Spy Kids into the melting pot.

Anything to do with spies tends to capture the imagination. Take James Bond for instance. And only a couple of years ago Inspector Gadget was brought to the big screen. There was great emphasis on all his fancy gadgets. Spy Kids draws on both.

The brother and sister of the title are unaware their seemingly boring parents are really top spies. Now wonder mum and dad can recount such amazing bedtime stories.

Me. Work for the BBC. Never

But when the parents get themselves into trouble it's time for the truth to come out and the children to save the day.

In fairness adults probably won't get much from this film, although there is the chance to answer the question "whatever happened to Superman's Lois Lane", because Teri Hatcher appears in the film.

Hatcher, of course, was a Bond girl and she's joined by another ex-007 associate Alan Cumming. He was the computer whizz in Goldeneye ("I am invincible") and appears as the bad guy in Spy Kids.

If it wasn't for you kids I'd have gotten away with it

It seems to be Cumming's speciality and is certainly a far cry from the days he was in the short lived BBC comedy series The High Life (still love the episode when they wrote a Eurovision song contest entry!).

Children will go for this film in a big way. Just be careful when they come home that you clear the decks of precious items. They're bound to fancy practising their karate kicks upon arrival back from the cinema.