Passengers-Kids’ Movie Review

Mechanic Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) is on a 120-year voyage with 5,000 other people. They’re all leaving earth for Homestead II, an earth-like world with “room to grow.” They will be in hibernation, sleeping agelessly and waking when the ship is four months away from it’s final destination. However, there a slight problem. Due to a technical glitch, Jim wakes up 90 years before the ship is due to reach their new world. Living alone for almost a year, Jim gets very lonely. As he continually stares at a beautiful woman named Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence), while she’s in her hibernation pod, he gradually falls in love. Jim discovers that he could try and wake her from her deep sleep. So, after much thought and consideration he selfishly awakens her to have a companion, a friend and a potential true love.

Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: March 14, 2017
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 14+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids/ Teens Like It? Yes

Talking Points:

Sexual Content: Moderate

There is passion between Jim and Aurora. We see them in several intimate encounters.
We see the couple in bed together- showing sexual movements. They are covered by the sheets.
In a cafeteria Aurora crawls over a table to Jim and they start making love right there. Jim’s shirt comes off and then we see the two in bed together; covered by the sheets.
We see Jim’s bare back side.
Aurora takes off her dress in front of Jim. She asks him to turn around and he does. We only see her bare shoulders.

Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate

When the ship begins to fall apart we see Jim and Aurora in comprising situations. Aurora almost dies when the gravity field shuts down while she’s swimming
We see a pointy object shoot into Aurora’s arm. Blood runs down her arm as she pulls it out.
A man is shown coughing up blood.
In a fit of rage, Aurora attacks Jim while he’s sleeping. She kicks and punches him.

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

We hear “sh-t,” “b–ch,” “a–,” “h—,” and “d–n.”

Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate

In numerous scenes throughout the film we see Jim and Aurora in the ships bar talking to Arthur, the robot bartender. They drink cosmos, martinis, margarita’s, wine and champagne.

Will Kids/ Teens Like It? Yes

Overall Passengers is an entertaining and suspenseful film. Parents need to be aware moderate inappropriate contents listed above.