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    Eighth Grade-Kids’ Movie Review

    One more week of eighth grade and then Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) will happily graduate and proceed to high school. Kayla is a shy and socially awkward 13 year old girl. She is raised by her father who is a loving man, who ultimately means well, but is often clueless. Kayla is constantly trying to figure out how to navigate through middle school – boys, the popular girls, social media and what to expect from high school. Eighth Grade is a very realistic film which may spark some great parent/child conversations.

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     October 9 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     R
    Best Age Group:     13+
    Sexual Content:     Moderate
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     Mild
    Crude or Profane Language:     Excessive
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     Mild
    Will Kids Like It?     Yes

     

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: Moderate

    • We see a teenage boy masturbating in class during a sex ed video.
    • Suggestive comments and discussions regarding the sexual culture in school, example…sharing nude photos.
    • Kayla tells someone that she’s really good at giving blow jobs.
    • Kayla researches oral sex on YouTube.
    • A boy asks Kayla to take her shirt off.

    Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild

    • There is a security drill where an authority pretends to shoot the kids who didn’t hide properly.

    Crude or Profane Language: Excessive

    • We hear “f–k,” “s–t,” “a–,” “p—y,”  “Jesus Christ,” and “d–k.”

    Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

    • A boy sniffs a marker, hoping to get high.

    Will Kids Like It? Yes

    Overall this is an interesting and thought provoking film. Parents need to be aware of the language and moderate sexual content.

    Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Kids’ Movie Review

    “Your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Another impossible mission accepted for Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the IMF team, however this time they join forces with CIA assassin August Walker (Henry Cavill).  A group of terrorists, known as the Apostles, plan a nuclear attack, and it’s up to Ethan and his crew to stop the villains and save the world.  Mission: Impossible — Fallout is the sixth movie in the action franchise…and the most intense.

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     December 4 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     PG13
    Best Age Group:     13+
    Sexual Content:     Mild
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     Excessive
    Crude or Profane Language:     Moderate
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     Mild
    Will Kids Like It?     Yes

     

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: Mild

    • Kissing.
    • Men make a few suggestive comments in a restroom.

    Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

    • There are many intense action packed scenes. There are fights with punches, knives and guns.
    • Several characters are injected with a tranquilizer gun.
    • Men are thrown out of a helicopter.
    • Characters are stabbed repeatedly throughout the film.
    • We see injured characters with blood on their face.
    • Several chase scenes in various vehicles… cars, motorcycles and helicopters.

    Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

    • We hear “f—ing,” “h-ll,” “a–,” “d-mn,” “b–ch,” and “s–t.”

    Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

    • We see characters with mixed drinks at a night club.

    Will Kids Like It? Yes

    Overall this is an entertaining action packed film. Parents need to be aware of the excessive violence and moderate language throughout the film.

     

    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again- Kids’ Movie Review

    “Mamma Mia, here I go again. My my, how can I resist you?” ABBA songs are woven throughout this whimsical musical comedy. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again takes place five years after the original film Mamma Mia. The story follows the life of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), who is planning the grand opening of a bed-and -breakfast in Greece. Sadly, her mother, Donna (Meryl Streep), had died a year earlier, but it was originally Donna’s dream to open a hotel on the Greek isle of Kalokairi, and it is Sophie’s goal to fulfill her mother’s dream. However, Sophie faces many challenges, though she often thinks of mother and we see many flashbacks of young Donna (Lily James) in her twenty’s. We see  Donna’s inspiration to open a quaint hotel in Greece, and we see her three romances along the way. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the sequel/prequel to 2008’s romantic musical Mamma Mia!

     

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 4 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     October 23 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     PG13
    Best Age Group:     11+
    Sexual Content:     Moderate
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     None
    Crude or Profane Language:     Mild
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     Moderate
    Will Kids Like It?     Yes

     

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: Moderate

    • A woman has three different sexual encounters in the same month. We see them kiss and in bed next to each other but no sexual activity is portrayed.
    • Kissing and flirting.

    Violent/Disturbing Content: None

    Crude or Profane Language: Mild

    • We hear “son of a bitch,” and  “h-ll.

    Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate

    • Characters drink beer, wine and cocktails.
    • Characters are shown drunk at parties and taverns.

    Will Kids Like It? Yes

    • I interviewed kids ages 8, 10 and 16 who all loved it.

    Overall this is a fun and entertaining musical. Recommended for kids ages 11 and up.

    Skyscrapper-Kids’ Movie Review

    William (Will) Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson), a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran, changes his career and now assesses security for skyscrapers.  He gets the contract to evaluate the world’s tallest building which is being constructed in Hong Kong.  With his family in an upper level hotel of the skyscraper, Will gets a tour of the 300 story steel, glass, and titanium building to determine if the building is safe and secure. The thing Will doesn’t know is that a terrorist group is plotting to set the building on fire.  So now Will not only needs to secure the new and amazing skyscraper, but he must rescue his family who are trapped inside.

     

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 2 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     October 9 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     PG13
    Best Age Group:     13+
    Sexual Content:     None
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     Excessive
    Crude or Profane Language:     Moderate
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     None
    Will Kids Like It?     No

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: None

    Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

    • Characters shoot one another with guns, there is a lot of fighting with punching and kicking.
    • Stabbing with scissors.
    • Explosions.
    • Children  in peril throughout the film.
    • We see bloody open wounds. One character removes a shard of metal from his body.

    Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

    • We hear “f–k,” “h-ll,” “d-mn,” and “sh-t.”

    Drug and Alcohol Content: None

    Will Kids Like It? No

    Overall this an action packed suspenseful drama. This is not the typical family friendly Dwayne Johnson film. Parents need to be aware of  excessive and disturbing violence throughout the movie.

     

     

    Hotel Translyvania 3: Summer Vacation

    Poor Dracula (Adam Sandler)….he’s very sad and lonely while coordinating another monster wedding. Though Dracula was very busy with his hotel business, he realizes that all of his close friends have significant others – everyone but him. He even tries online dating but decides that’s not for him. Things change when his half-human daughter, Mavis ( Selena Gomez), plans a family vacation to give her dad the break he desperately needs. So Dracula, Mavis, and the gang head to a luxury monster cruise to Atlantis for a fun getaway. Dracula finds love at first sight when he sees the human captain of the cruise, Ericka (Kathryn Hahn). The only problem is that Ericka is not as sweet as she appears to be. She is part of the Van Helsing family. This family has been trying to kill Dracula and all the monsters for hundreds of years. Sadly, that’s Erika’s plan as well. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the third film in the Hotel Transylvania series.

     

     

     

     

    Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
    Release Date:     July 13 , 2018
    MPAA Rating:     PG
    Best Age Group:     8+
    Sexual Content:     Mild
    Violent/Disturbing Content:     Moderate
    Crude or Profane Language:     Mild
    Drug and Alcohol Content:     Mild
    Will Kids Like It?     Yes

     

     

     

    Talking Points:

    Sexual Content: Mild

    • Dracula uses a monster dating app to look for online dates.
    • Flirting.
    • Characters talk about “zinging,” which means love at first sight in monster talk.
    • We see an elderly vampire in a revealing bathing suit.

    Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate

    • In the beginning of the film we see a flashback where characters use weapons such as ray guns. We also see fights, chase scenes and crashes.
    • A character is almost impaled.
    • A large and scary sea creature starts to attack all the monsters and nearly kills everyone.
    • A little werewolf bites off Frankenstein’s finger.
    • Most of the violence is shown in a comedic way.

    Crude or Profane Language: Mild

    • The vampires are “garlic intolerant,” so we hear some fart jokes.

    Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

    • Character’s drink champagne.

    Will Kids Like It? Yes

    Overall this is a fun and entertaining film. Parents need to be aware of the moderate violence.

     

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