Under Wraps- Under Wraps actually starts off with some potential, with a couple of jokes in the beginning that made me chuckle. Other than that though, this movie isn't worth anybody's time. From the moment you see the main characters, you already know how they're going to play out. The main protagonist, Marshall, and the female friend (Amy) will fall in love, and the scaredy-cat friend (Gilbert), will end up overcoming his fears and saving the day. Well, on top of the main three characters being super generic and not very well written, you also have to put up with the main protagonist's father issues. Yaaaay. It's one of the stories where the stepdad is overly nice and the kid is being an asshole to him anyway for no reason other than the fact that the stepdad isn't his “real dad.” But don't worry, if this plot annoys you, the parents are only in this movie for about two scenes. That doesn't mean that the movie doesn't expect you to actually feel bad for the kid though, trying to have an emotional moment with a character whose problems aren't really developed much beyond the basic cut-place stepdad arc. The villain of the movie isn't entertaining either, he isn't funny, evil, witty, charming, or any of that. Just a generic bad guy with generic bad guy motivations. But the worst part of Under Wraps is easily the mummy. The mummy, or “Harold”, is only allowed to speak through grunting noises and the humor of the film is supposed to come out of the “zany antics” he winds up getting into. This could work if the slapstick of this movie was done right, but it isn't. The mummy drags the slapstick down because the mummy is forced to be slow and groaning. What makes slapstick funny is the reaction, and when a character is only allowed to make grunting noises throughout the entire film, you aren't going to get any funny reactions at all. It'd be one thing if the rest of the characters were interesting but, I never got invested into any of them. Hell it took me about half the movie to realize that Bruce wasn't the main protagonist's name but was the eccentric horror shop owner who tags along with the kids (he doesn't really do much). So the three kids (and Bruce) save the mummy from being sold off by the villain and the mummy is reunited with his mummy girlfriend (oh yeah, that's a thing) and finally laid to rest. Apparently this romance between a mummy Marshall knew for a day and his dead girlfriend he knew for even less than was enough to convince Marshall that his mom and stepdad need to get married and that Marshall is in love with Amy. The resolution happened way too fast, but in all honestly that's one of the movies pluses because it already felt way too long at an hour and a half. The only good things in this movie are some admittedly pretty funny dialogue, and for a 1997 made-for-TV movie, especially being the first one Disney Channel has ever released, the special effects surprisingly hold up alright. They aren't amazing or anything but, I've seen a lot worse in theatrical releases. At the end of the day though, for a Disney Channel original movie, it still isn't very good or very memorable. I can only see one liking it if they're really young or out of blind nostalgia. 2/10.