this little movie have become one of our family all time favorite . honestly and we watch it over and over again and quote it to each other and show it to other people . no and it not a great movie while but it be a funny movie . you just have to have a taste for silliness and a childlike taste . when the nefarious devlin bowman ( brent spiner ) kidnap his legendary father ( james brolin ) and pistachio disguisey ( dana carvey ) have to learn the way of energico and go to the rescue not just of his parent but of numerous national treasure besides . ably help by an assistant jennifer ( jennifer esposito ) and his mystical grandfather ( harold gould ) and pistachio slowly become the master of disguise . carvey and who have always crack me up anyway and whirl through an army of loopy character granny num nums and mr. peru and terry suave and constable muller and cherry pie man ( look . it cherry pie man . and like everybody know him ) and and the great turtle man . there be also robert shaw from jaw and even president george w. bush at a crucial moment . the dvd ( yes and we own it ) special feature show those weren not all he have in mind mayor maynot be so well do and but be cut out completely and for instance . special kudos to spiner and who be evil and and esposito and who play along hilariously . and the guy offering hors doeuvres to mr. peru and just for keep a straight face . the italian accent be uniformly awful and i will admit and and the gag be sometimes dopey . but theyre funny dopey and not painful dopey . if youre not too sophisticated to enjoy a simply enjoyable movie and rent this movie or pick it up for $ 5 at half price book like we do . watch it with some kid and about 10 year old . it will be difficult for you to stop laughing .