Swindle: Nickelodeon's HIDDEN Gem

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Nickelodeon made a lot of original movies but in today's video we will be talking about one of the more popular ones, Swindle.
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00:00-02:26 Intro
02:27-03:50 Sponsor
03:51-10:06 Act 1
10:07-17:02 Act 2
17:03-21:44 Act 3
21:45-25:06 Outro

[@MrNostalgia]

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[@MysterioPerrito]

Already watched Blue Beetle in theaters before this video came out and it was actually decent. Really Enjoyed Mariduena, he was good and George Lopez was a treat. Never laughed more at a George Lopez performance since his tv show George Lopez

[@mattyaboi1653]

14:10 it’s Claire Sawyer Future Lawyer from Ned’s Declassified.

[@joshuatewolde1837]

And THIS YEAR Is It’s 10TH ANNIVERSARY!!

[@TheTekkenguy]

@@mattyaboi1653No, Claire Sawyer was Brooke Marie Bridges. This is Ecstasia Sanders.

[@kyledavid9415]

Anyone that uses a VPN is a terrorist and anyone that pays for one has the IQ of a crypto bro

[@MsGigglesluv]

Wow if I had a nickel for every time Cierra Bravo played the smart sassy little sister on a Nickelodeon property, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice right?

[@mattyaboi1653]

Bro, you forgot about Jinxed. It’s very forgetful, and not the best.

[@MsGigglesluv]

@@mattyaboi1653 wasn’t she the big sister in that one and the lil brother was the kid from Marvin Marvin

[@mattyaboi1653]

@@MsGigglesluv oh right, but she was sassy and all that other stuff.

[@ZaeOSWS]

She got the type casted

[@VOID-gz6jk]

@@ZaeOSWS and then the character Emma chota happened and it broke. Love her

[@danielleboudreau5551]

Releasing this video 10 yrs to the date that Swindle originally aired is so iconic

[@DannyCoombs709]

It's not iconic. No one will remember this

[@danielleboudreau5551]

@@DannyCoombs709 replying on a 6 month old comment is crazy Also, I remember, so it's still iconic ✨✨

[@ashtenlastname4045]

@@DannyCoombs709 Ill remember this till the day I die just to spite your comment

[@raytheking6692]

​@@DannyCoombs709Got more views than you

[@randomaccount3574]

@@DannyCoombs709 ratio

[@VidtopiaEntertainment]

I remember this movie was a big deal it was basically the Nickelodeon equivalent of It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World with seeing so many Nickelodeon stars together in one movie.

[@randomreviews4278]

Oh is that what is. Never seen that at time when this came out

[@jessetorres8738]

I remember this movie & enjoyed it. This was advertised like crazy when announced, & it was fun to ses multiple Nickelodeon stars together in a film.

[@jayekisses]

I miss when Disney & Nickelodeon used to do bring stars from different shows together for a movie

[@15Candles]

Same, this was like everybody's most anticipated movie when it was on Nickelodeon due to its stars lol

[@IronBeagle2003]

I honestly think Swindle is Nick’s best TV Movie.

[@samuelrichards5521]

Santa Trackers was pretty fun

[@thefrankstank3404]

hello??? rags!

[@itistyler1720]

@@samuelrichards5521 Santa Hunters yes!

[@lilithium3940]

@@thefrankstank3404 i wish they had done less of a cinderella story and more of an original but whatcanyado

[@aishambengue3024]

It's definitely one of the best fr fr !!!

[@maley2552]

Ariana's character Amanda being revealed as a giant fan of "nerd" things was cute and one of my favorite parts of the movie

[@M.P.D-TheBagel]

When I clicked on this video I was certain I had never seen this movie before but certain scenes like Ariana going into the nerd cave and secretly being a nerd, the fake nose melting in the massage, and the red haired toy landing on the cake just hit me like I’ve definitely seen this before, I guess that’s the whole point of this channel, I might have to rewatch it again

[@gigiloveyeah]

The cast was full of stars ❤

[@SubtlePause]

Uh no, they were actually people

[@chrisb.5351]

@@SubtlePause😐

[@SubtlePause]

@@chrisb.5351 I love you too

[@jamangel]

@@SubtlePause hehe haha

[@OrthwormJEB]

Oh, man. I totally forgot this movie until I saw the thumbnail and the memories clicked in my brain. The only memory that stands out is how hard Nick promoted this film and the only reason I saw it was the fact that Sam and Gibby were in it. And speaking of How to Rock, the only memorable thing about that show for me was the theme song.

[@15Candles]

How To Rock was great, shame that it's considered to be underrated because it only airs for one season and there's a lack of fanbase behind it.

[@realitydino1970]

one nickelodeon movie that i have so much nostalgia for was 'jinxed' which also came out in 2013. i remember loving that movie but i havent done a rewatch in years to know if it was as good as it was

[@aliyarosa5170]

The hotel woman is played by Ecsatasia Sanders. She is mostly known for her supporting roles and has been in movies like Dr Doolittle 3 and Final Destination 3. 😊

[@mc39S686]

I started Middle School in the second half of 2013 and always considered the year to be a transitional year. Half of it relates heavily to 2009-2012 culture like the popularity of club music but the other half heavily relates to 2014-2016 culture like vine. The Nick transition fits with this really well.

[@bent.8192]

Dude I love the commercial transitions you do in these videos. It's such a small bit but it really contributes to the overall feel of the video and throws me back to the time you talk about lol.

[@ericfasold805]

In retrospect, it's kind of weird that Jeanette Mccurdy's character is an aspiring actress when Jeanette irl denounced her acting career.

[@gracekim25]

Mmm it’s definitely ironic 😳

[@AJ-xc4qe]

I remember Ariana saying during the Sam and Cat era that she also hated acting? But she still did acting on Scream Queens and now the Wicked movie.

[@blu3260]

​@@AJ-xc4qeSpeaking as an outsider commenter who doesn't know what they're talking about it'd be understandable if she hated acting for Nickelodeon or Dan Schneider specifically

[@omarxperez]

⁠@@AJ-xc4qe i don’t think she hates or hated acting then. she probably wanted to put it on pause and focus on starting up her music career but she couldn’t because she was signed to act artistically with Nickelodeon. scream queens and wicked are no where near nickelodeon and she was only in like 3 scenes in scream queens but with Wicked she’s obviously not focused on music and went back to acting. It’s just different phases of her career she went through. Not establish as an artist, music; Established as an artist, acting. Easy as that. Though i wouldn’t blame her at all if she hated acting on Sam&Cat cause the show was fun at first but was always shit

[@El_Keck]

I'm from Argentina, and how to rock didn't premiere here until 2014 or 2015, so this was kinda my introduction to it. The movie was still promoted as having "all your favourite Nick stars" and I asked to myself for years where did these two guys came from.

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

One thing I remember about this movie is how it appeared they only sorta got the rights to “Call Me Maybe” since they just kept singing the same part over and over again. X-D I enjoyed this movie.

[@Bbbbjjjjjjjj35]

I was so hyped for this movie as a kid because we actually read the book it was based on. It was an absolute treat to watch one of my favorite book turned movies.😁

[@nostalgiamostalgia0319]

The good times of Nickelodeon ended with this movie, and it really shows. So many shows just had to end in 2012 (How to Rock, iCarly, and Victorious, as given here) or leave the channel's schedule (Jimmy Neutron, All Grown Up, Back at the Barnyard, Kenan & Kel, Ned's Declassified, True Jackson VP) and it makes me sad that this resulted in the channel being viewed by an even younger audience.

[@TheTekkenguy]

It wasn’t the end of Nickelodeon’s “good times”. Just the last hurrah for what I call the iGeneration (named because iCarly was the flagship show of that era). That’s kind of like saying the Drake & Josh generation (I can’t think of a catchy name for that) ended when Zoey 101 went off the air. IMO the channel didn’t suddenly get bad, we just got older.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@TheTekkenguyno it definitely got bad lol

[@TheTekkenguy]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 The Loud House, The Thundermans, Henry Danger, Harvey Beaks, Game Shakers, and Welcome to the Wayne aren’t exactly terrible.

[@muffin8460]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852Bro watch Harvey Beaks and come back to this comment

[@MrFrye12345]

@@TheTekkenguybro watch Game Shakers and come back to this comment

[@HL-tf2ot]

The most 2013 nickelodeon movies we have Sam and Gibby from ICarly, Cat from Victorious, Katie from Big Time Rush, and Kevin and Nelson from How to Rock. 😂

[@TheTekkenguy]

Don’t forget Sam and Cat from Sam & Cat.

[@HL-tf2ot]

@@TheTekkenguy I didn't forget because they're the same thing from that trash show.

[@TheTekkenguy]

@@HL-tf2ot It was meant as a joke.

[@HL-tf2ot]

@TheTekkenguy Thank God cause I was like, they're the same damn people 😂

[@missybarbour6885]

I remember loving this book when it came out and being PISSED when the movie strayed too far from the plot lol. Originally they find a Babe Ruth card in and old abandoned house and sell it to a guy named S. Wendell Palomino. The heist team is a little different, but the big change was they stole it back from his house, not a hotel. The original characters had so much more heart and really made me care about them!

[@patax144]

I like this movie, yes it is full of the Nickelodeon stars of the time, but I genuinely enjoy the plot and it is a decent heist movie.

[@mr.ditkovich3672]

The ending of this movie set up for either a sequel, or a TV show, it would’ve been perfect

[@Goku22411]

Swindle is one of the few Nickelodeon movies I can go back and still enjoy it. It’s an average movie, but it’s still better than 90% of Nickelodeon movies.

[@Setoro24]

I was thinking about this movie the other day, and wondering if it was as good as I remembered as a kid or if I just had rose colored glasses for it. You're a god for posting this haha Also the receptionist is Ecstasia Sanders and she was in Hot Tub Time Machine, Catwoman, and Final Destination 3, and some other things.

[@IPizzeria]

This movie was heavily slept on. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one that admired this gem! Thank you so much for this video 🫡

[@Shadowonwater]

I read the book series as a kid, I had no idea there was a movie and have never watched it. It seems like a fun movie. It's pretty different from the books though. Like for example Savannah in the books is an animal whisperer and the actor in their group was a character called Logan, looks like he was completely cut from the movie though. Also Melissa in the books is not related to Griffon, she is also extremely shy and a shut-in. Ben's character is also very different. Ben is a voice of reason not a comic relief, he also had narcolepsy and was very short (which let him sneak into small places like vents). Amanda seems to be filling in for role of "Pitch", I can't remember what her actual name was but everybody called her Pitch. She was a jock and was super into rock-climbing. I don't remember her being particularly nerdy but even if she was I don't think she would be ashamed of it. Darren... if I remember correctly, Griffin did try to recruit him as the muscle at some point but he betrayed the group, I think. He's generally kind of a bully and is an antagonist in the books. So it's weird seeing him as a good guy. Pitch generally did the muscle stuff. It's odd that Griffin was never once called "The Man with the Plan" because instead of calling him the "The Brains" he was always called that in the books. Also I don't remember him being popular at all in the books. In the books it's actually Griffin's dad that is the inventor, not Ben's. Every book had some new invention that always ended up being used in the heist in some way. Out of the movie characters, I'd say Griffin is the closest to the books. The plot itself is also pretty different. In the books, they broke into Swindle's house. And they needed the animal whisperer to deal with his big scary guard dog. Also they didn't get away as cleanly in the books as they did in the movie. They got into trouble with the police, but were able to walk away. I don't think they got the money from the card though. Another thing that is interesting in this adaptation is the ending with the girl needing help to get her rare bird back. In the books Savannah has a bunch of exotic animals and one of them gets stolen and sold to a shitty boat zoo, that mostly houses small mammals. Without having Savannah be an animal whisperer I guess they needed to make up a new character to fit that role to kick start the Zoo Break plot. tldr: The books and movie are very different. Most of the characters have different personalities than the books. Also the plot is pretty different as well.

[@andiman44]

Yes! I remember really liking this movie! I didn’t even notice that it was full of Nick stars; I just liked the heist plot and the way it was executed. A hidden gem for sure

[@stumpy412]

So I doubt anybody will believe me about this but my family actually is related to Honus Wagner, the guy on the baseball card. Knowing this as a kid made me really excited to see it when it came out! Admittedly i remembered almost nothing about it besides that. Also unless this has changed that specific card is the most expensive baseball card ever (no, I dont own one). Also as a bonus fact one of his nicknames was "The Flying Dutchman" and since he played most of his career for the Pittsburgh Pirates its very likely the SpongeBob character was named after him!

[@laurenb6794]

I have never seen this movie before, but as soon as I started watching this review it immediately stuck me that this was a Nick version of the TV series Leverage. They have the same “actress is the grifter”, “gymnast is the thief” kind of breakdown, even the freeze frame titles part is the same. And the pilot of the shows ends with them deciding that they should use the money from the first heist to go do crimes for good. I know you said this was based on a book, but it’s WILD that this 2013 movie follows the same beats as a 2008-2012 tv series.

[@jacobsunday6561]

I love how Nick basically grabbed all their available side characters at the time to create an Avengers Endgame-esqe team-up heist movie. If you like Call Me Maybe, you’ll definitely like this movie.

[@krystalhuntress6795]

Would you ever think about covering the Nickelodeon Original Movie "Jinxed" if u haven't already? That's definitely the one I watched the most as a kid. I think it has the actor from Kirby Buckets in it.

[@sophiahurtado619]

I'm glad you made this video, a movie I completely forgot about but remember it fondly. One of the few Nickelodeon TV movies around this time I enjoyed, I haven't seen it in a long time so I can't say how I feel about it now. Sort of feel Nostalgic considering I was still watching Nick around this time, this and Disney channel were the channels I was into at this point in my life.

[@YearinLou]

Something tells me they wanted two cast members from each show (not including sam and cat) to appear in this. They’re only missing another cast member from victorious and btr. Probably because no one was available. With that, I’m pretty sure they wanted Sinjin to play the star wars kid. His hair and mannerisms speaks volume.

[@philmccraken]

This movie came out around the time I started getting into the whole Swindle book series. So I was absolutely stoked and enjoyed this movie so much. I can’t tell how many times I rewatch this

[@mesousagaby740]

The movie was also written by Bill Motz and Bob Roth, known for writing A LOT of cartoons, like seriously, their resume is BIG. They also recently created The Ghost & Molly McGee. Motz and Roth were writing Penguins of Madagascar while also writing this movie. Maybe Motz and Roth weren't that used to writing jokes for a live-action medium.

[@greensonickid3304]

No wonder this movie is so Good!

[@awtummelon]

i remember this being my favorite nick movie because it was basically like a Leverage episode, you know the show about thieves stealing from rich guys and other thieves. the show ended a year before the movie came out and i was living im so glad you did a video on this gem too!!

[@perimatraee]

mr. nostalgia has to be in the scott cramer games next year

[@MrNostalgia]

The what

[@stephaniefrost4910]

@@MrNostalgialol they’re talking about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnPJnHahhpWreK8si=za3uficjUectfzgf

[@perimatraee]

@@MrNostalgia scott cramer recreated the disney channel games in a field in north dakota

[@adianmarlar8740]

There are very few things from this movie that I remember 1. Noah Crawford looks like Tony from Skins despite being a different person 2. The movie opens with "It Gets Better" by Fun which is a weird choice for a Nick movie given the subject matter of the song.

[@simbeau2012]

If you want another fun Nickelodeon movie to review I recommend the Big Time Movie. This was a good big time rush movie and shows respect towards The Beatles

[@TheTekkenguy]

Someone should just do a retrospective on the entire show If not you then maybe Quinton?

[@kaybettencourt2959]

Ecstasia sanders is the name of the girl in act 2, she was also in hot tub Time Machine, final destination 3, and catwoman.

[@xboxsimmer2519]

How do you know that Chris was funny in How To Rock if you haven’t really watched it? I love the show so much and I’m excited to see you review it because it’s so underrated. Honestly it’s like Lemonade Mouth (music wise) if it was a show.

[@MrNostalgia]

I remember it when it was first airing and I also watched a few episodes around the time I was making this video.

[@nickgadson266]

An ad actually played for me in between the Nickelodeon bumpers you inserted, which is very fitting 👍🏽

[@jaydensherwood600]

Video brought back so much memories I ended remembering a movie on nick about Victoria justice becoming a werewolf but I can’t remember the name💀

[@MrNostalgia]

The boy who cried werewolf

[@sarasypolt7983]

don't let scott cramer see your disney channel games poster lol

[@ATRAXXUSA]

The ads lining up with the commercial break was so cool

[@SuperBishop97]

14:10 the actress who plays the hotel manager is Ecstasia Sanders. I know her from the first episode of Psych that Jaleel White and Kenan Thompson were on. She most recently played Officer Joyce on the Nancy Drew show.

[@MrNostalgia]

Yeah that's where I knew her from too. Psych

[@ivanbluecool]

Hope you review the Zombies movie Disney did. It's a trilogy and basically the most kid friendly version of talking about racism Or the descendants movies. Those are pretty good and even sad by acknowledging the death of one of the actors.

[@Tasty_Tango45]

Both are those trilogies are above decent especially for the messages they were trying to teach to kids even if not the best.

[@ivanbluecool]

@@Tasty_Tango45 zombie one was good. 2 and 3 had to reverse character development for the human cast. Descendants movie 1 was great. 2 lacking. 3 could have been shorter. The animated side stuff is bad aside the marriage where it actually had some good story to it.

[@Tasty_Tango45]

@@ivanbluecool I agree, I found D2 the best because you could actually see the evolution of the actors, songs and etc.

[@7eleven0fficial]

zombies sucks lol descendants 🔛🔝

[@Sploberrie]

"I ain't Quinton Reviews" Meanwhile, Quinton Reviews: *proceeds to review Swindle in a video about Sam and Cat*

[@joeljames2683]

I actually read the book before watching the movie. It was read in my elementary school and we saw the movie after finishing the book. Something that really appealed to me was the collector aspect of the movie. I am a big collector of pop culture memorabilia, even back then. I thought it was cool to see a movie that covered that topic.

[@ShadowMage-]

14:08 Her name is Ecstasia Sanders. I remember seeing her on one of the final destination movies...the roller coaster one I think.

[@MrNostalgia]

Thank you! She was in the TV show Psych for like one episode. That's where I knew her from.

[@omarxperez]

ohh, she was the friend of the main girls sister. i always wondered what happened to her, more so her character since she just runs away after seeing a friend die in front of her. Kinda real tbh

[@joshuaepps8290]

Great video, I most def appreciated the Like Mike reference. I watched Swindle with my little brothers the other day to show them what I grew up with, and I was shocked that they enjoyed it. Hope everybody is doing well and I would love a How to Rock review someday. I forgot to add, one of Ivan's muscles went on to be Colossus stunt double in the Deadpool movies.

[@DRACUP13]

You awakened some memories i didnt know i had. I really didnt REMEBER ANYTHING about this movie,specially not the cast,but somehow i remember the mask face and the nose melting

[@BrittanyH87]

This movie, “Rags,” “One Crazy Cruise,” and “Bixler High Private Eye” were actually pretty good for Nickelodeon movies.

[@GustavoGonzalez-yc3fo]

loved how to rockk, i remember being excited that the two actors were given a chance fr

[@charile]

I absolutely love the bumpers as ads through the video

[@patrickmicah5913]

funny, you mentioned Quintonreviews because in his upcoming review for Sam and cat part two(which is currently at 10 hours in length) he actually sits down and watches Swindle

[@sk3lut]

I still rewatch this movie from time to time for nostalgia and just because I enjoy it. When I was younger, I remember being so upset Ariana and Chris's characters didn't share a kiss 😭

[@roastin4eva]

I remember reading the book this was based on and loving it but I was kinda “aged out” of my Nickelodeon-phase by then so I never watched the movie 😅

[@emmamaki5862]

Honestly if I had watched this movie as a kid I probably would have been disappointed by all the changes it made from the book. Not that I remember every plot point from the book and its several sequels by any means, but from what I do remember, this sounds like it was a pretty loose adaptation

[@christina5975]

This film premiered on my 13th birthday!! I can remember so clearly recording it to my DVR so I could come home that night and watch it 😂

[@haileymadisonsebastian6381]

i have very vivid memories of my friends and i in the fifth grade repeating, "swinDULL, accent on the BACK half" over and over again because we thought it was the fucking funniest thing ever

[@UJEvans]

I never could catch this movie on TV. But I finally got to see it when it was on Hulu like seven years after the fact. Then I found out it was on DVD the whole time

[@jessenwoha4314]

The hotel manager is named Ecstasia Sanders and she was in movies like Dr. Dolittle 3 and Catwoman etc

[@boratzan]

Back then this was avengers for me, good memories.

[@etherealfolkboy]

I actually got that book when it came out at my school’s Scholastic Book Fair in elementary school. I’m 26 now but from what I remember the premise is the same but other than that it’s different. Like even the kids in the book are younger than in the movie and they were already friends. Never watched the movie tho, watched this just to see if it jogged my memory. I was pretty done with Nick at this point but my little brother was 5 years younger so I would occasionally catch stuff because of him.

[@angelsoflithium]

i had this movie recorded to the DVR on dish network and rewatched it every damn day as a kid😭 im glad others remember it

[@HoDoBoDo]

Rags, along with Swindle and Jinxed are my favourite Nickelodeon made for TV movies.

[@Santip510]

Personally, i always think that this is the best movie of nickelodeon because they try to do it a little bit "serious", i like the story and the actors actually were good, but literaly to nick and some people, this movie didn't exist.

[@jayekisses]

I remember this day vividly. I just got home from the movies feeling sick & regret from seeing “Kick-A$$ 2” I was feeling horrible so I turned to Nickelodeon & “Swindle” was just about to turn on I was so happy.

[@Duraludon884]

I don't know if the rules are different for movies, but I know that if you're writing a book then you can have your characters name-drop and consume a real-life piece of media, for example watch the movie _Swindle_ , without needing permission from the owners or risking any legal problems. Maybe Eddie has all that _Star Wars_ and _Star Trek_ merch because one of the writers really likes those franchises, or maybe they just already had the props (or actual merch) and wanted to write it into the script so the copytight holders couldn't get them in trouble for implying they made it up for the movie like the rest of the figures.

[@mousetrap518]

Lol just looking at the thumbnail u got the two nerds from how to rock Sam and gibby and the little sister from big time rush who came up with this lineup 😭

[@jager3090]

Oh god! I had totally forgotten this exists until KZbin just recommended this video 😂😂 Thanks, I loved this movie so much.

[@payt00n]

I remember reading the book "Swindle" as a kid and loving it. But never watched the movie in fear of it not living up, glad to find out it does it somewhat justice

[@Mskittenlover12]

For future reference, the imdb page for the movie should have even obscure characters listed if you dig deep enough so you can find that actress you were talking about.

[@ahotmess7828]

lol I found her name while looking at the Wikipedia page!

[@dancingsun2]

I was more of a Nick kid than a Disney kid back in the day, but I don't think I ever actually saw this movie before, only ever heard of it. Which is wild, especially cause I was a big How To Rock fan when it was airing.

[@brysonboone5789]

When I saw the notification I instantly took a moment. I wouldn't consider this an underrated gem. It is pretty much like the levels of a DCOM while Rags is more underrated even though it has a huge following.

[@MarioGMan25]

Funnily, I read the book of this before it became a movie. The movie has it's own merits but I kind of prefer the book.

[@supersayandarmanitan]

I remember this movie and thinking it was so goated. This was my favorite nickelodeon live action along Jinxed and Hunter Street

[@awkwardtaco056]

So i read the book back in 2008 when i was in 3rd grade (and the others in the series the SWINDLE series is honestly wild--) so 13 year old me was kind of shocked Nickelodeon gave it a movie adaptation. I'd have to reread the book again but of course they took creative liberties and left stuff out (there was definitely more heart between Ben and Griffin in the book, not to mention Ben also had narcolepsy so that was another stake they had to deal with). I just kind of randomly caught the movie one night while i was over my dad's house, and I basically held the same opinion as you, an underrated gem of a Nickelodeon movie, but also like a solid 3/5 lol. Also a big thing they changed in this movie that was very notable in the book is the abscene of the big guard dog Swindell had (hence the dog on the book cover :^) ), although i totally understand why they chose not to factor it in 😂 EDIT: Forgot to add that i cant WAIT for that How to Rock video it was one of my favorites in 2012 😭 Little known fact is that How to Rock is ALSO loosely based on a book by the same name as the pilot episode which i ALSO read and tbh barring a few differences Nickelodeon was pretty damn faithful to the book's plot in that pilot episode from what i remember lol, the biggest difference was the age of the character as in the book, I'm pretty sure they were middle schoolers and in like 7th grade, but dare I say it translated pretty well still bumping them up to being high schoolers in the TV show lmao.

[@whitebread3872]

I remember seeing adds for this movie all the time, but I don’t think I ever got to watch it because I only had access to cable when I saw my dad

[@wildapeman3685]

Love seeing someone awesome review a movie like this, underated movie, underated channel

[@orange8376]

I watched this so many times. My mom loved this movie. Staple of my childhood

[@greensonickid3304]

I watched this film twice, The first was around when it came out and I could only remember some Parts, The Nose Melting, Sam, Gibby and Cat all Being in it and the Scene where Noah Munck goes into the Bathroom and then Savanna walks in and she screams, The second time was last year, it's a really great Movie

[@sangan3202]

man all of these movies from Nick have been locked in my memory, the only reason i watched all of those late ones was because i didnt have cartoon network

[@aishambengue3024]

This movie was the Nickelodeon version of The Show (which is underrated) Leverage. When this movie came out I was obsessed with this movie and I feel like I still holds up cause its not that bad movie fr fr. Also Amazing Video as always!!!

[@s0ph059]

This was definitely my fav kid channel movie when I was young

[@babyfaceweeb8937]

5:25 they are still friends too, I remember seeing their youtube channel while back.

[@Chris-ot9bk]

14:08 the woman is Ecstasia Sanders, a American-Canadan actress

[@ktosco793]

Do you think you could video on shake it up? I’ve been scouring KZbin and this seems to be one of the big shows almost no one has done a video on

[@urmom6701]

I love how barely anyone knew that this was a book to movie adaptation.

[@ColeWalker]

You should cover Crybaby Lane for Halloween this year

[@kingjO444]

I remember reading the book Swindle and being extremely excited for the movie but completely don't remember anything about it lol

[@opalmoon181]

i recently rewatched this movie a couple months ago and it's definitely underrated. i still found swindle quite fun and i do think it's one of if not the best nickelodeon movie.

[@khafkhaf8665]

I've not seen the vid yet I'm just so excited someone's talking about it I rewatch it so much😂

[@PlanetSaturnz]

Was gonna comment about how you got the best background music of any youtuber and then you appreciated the third M:I movie?? I wish I could sub to you twice

[@kookykiddo]

the almost inaudible “Ariana what are you doing here” at 8:46 is so funny bahahaha

[@stephaniefrost4910]

4:54 I remember reading this book (bc I thought the cover looked cool and I liked spy books) & then Googling what other ppl thought about it…that’s how I found out they were making a movie about it! I was so mad that I had to wait a whole year until it came out lol

[@ponodude101]

I remember barely anything about this movie other than the fact that Noah Munck was in it but I legitimately can't hear the word swindle without thinking of "that one Nickelodeon movie" and I think it's because this is where I learned what the word meant so my brain just will always connect the two things. Oh, nostalgia. Weird but fun times.

[@ryancarless7921]

This movie took me back. Nick movies like Shredderman were my favorite as a kid. I love how the casting was perfect at the time

[@itsjustjo9592]

(Video Idea) Wendall and Vinnie and See Dad Run. Despite being on Nick & Nite they for some reason also aired on Regular Nickelodeon.