Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (2011)

The fourth installment of Robert Rodriguez's franchise that keeps adding dimensions even as it loses charm would have been better titled Spy Kids: All the Time Puns in the World. I'm not sure how much the target audience of youngsters appreciates Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D's never-ending stream of ''I'm gonna clean your clock'' and ''Don't waste my time'' wordplay, but the filmmaker is clearly hoping the answer is a whole lot. Beyond that, the film — featuring a whole new set of crime-fighting progeny who discover that their stepmother (Jessica Alba) lives a secret life of gadgetry and car chases — is mainly a collection of fart jokes, backgrounds green-screened into abstraction, and the same ''family first'' lessons espoused by the first three films. The hokiest element of all, Rodriguez's resurrection of the scratch-and-sniff companion card last used years ago in a slightly more ironic fashion by John Waters, could have been a fun addition if all the ostensible scents (bacon, blue cheese, dog flatulence) didn't just smell like a blueberry Yankee Candle. C-