When "Hey Arnold" ended over a decade ago, the creators wanted to resolve the plot with Arnold finding his missing parents and him recuperating Helga's feelings. For the longest time, this movie was said to be unfilmable. The original series wasn't as good as say "SpongeBob Squarepants" or "Invader Zim" but it was still pretty awesome. It was probably the focus on the side characters that made it so good. That's why I'm a bit disappointed they didn't use them that much here. Okay, they actually did get some really good lines here. I especially loved Rhonda hearing they wouldn't tell the Wii-Fii password. She says, "You monster!" and now they have to change it.

We get great parts in the beginning where we see a montage of all the people Arnold helped throughout the show's run and how one person like him really can make all the difference. I love his attitude towards Helga in this movie, particularly with how it comes full circle with how he's aware of her crush on him. They do still kind of keep it secret at the very end. I admit I knew Eduardo was the villain in disguise. This still has great animation and properly concluded a great show. This is why I watch Nickelodeon now. Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving I suppose! ***1/2

This film was originally planned to be Hey Arnold!'s theatrically released feature film back in 2002 and it was clearly a missed opportunity. This film is a great improvement on its predecessor. Despite the long break, the characters are the same as when we left and the style is also authentic. There is a noticeable animation quality improvement but the essence of the characters are unchanged. There is a compelling plot, great action and every character has their moment. Most importantly, there is a lot of closure as many plot threads get completely resolved.

On my second run at this movie I felt the story just didn't make any sense. Supposedly, the producers thought the original fans were at old age or dead so know one would notice because children nowadays are not very smart.

Well I noticed a few things.

Characters appear and then just disappear like that with no explanation.

The story is just...well realistically you really didn't need Arnold to save his parents. But since the show is called "Hey Arnold" let him be the hero.

The real Edwardo says he was following Arnold since he was on the boat, yet only appears at the most coincidental time. He didn't save Arnold from capture, didn't offer Arnold a ride to find the Green eyed people. He just shows up right as Arnold and friend were about to fall to their deaths.

Why didn't the real Edwardo speak up a little earlier or notify Arnold Parents about what happened during the TV run? He seemed like he knew a lot already.

This movie was just a lackluster filler that is only impressive when you watch it once. When you watch it a second time your eyes will be opened to a lackluster event.

Only gets a 5 because its not a horrible movie it just doesn't make any sense.