The movie is definitely a 'chick-flick', so please go only with a date. There are times of a 'lull' in the middle of the movie and at times the next course of action in the movie is very, very predicatable. However, the wife liked it a lot!
I thought the action packed Race to Witch Mountain started 'fast' and kept the movie-goers attention throughout the movie. I took my 11-year old daughter to the movie and she was 'wide-eyed' throughout the show, waiting with anticipation for the next scene.