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Love the Coopers-Teen Movie Reviews
The Cooper family may seem happy as they sing their favorite Christmas carols during their annual Christmas Eve dinner…though they’re not. Charlotte Cooper (Diane Keaton) wants one perfect Christmas before she and her husband get divorced. However, when the four generations of Coopers come together to celebrate, several unlikely events occur and their true lives are ultimately revealed. Through their ups and downs, the family discovers the true meaning of the Christmas spirit.
Rating: 3 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: February 9, 2016
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Teens Like It? No
Talking Points:
- The Cooper family have their problems; they lie to one another and pretend to have “Facebook” perfect lives. However, they ultimately learn that’s it’s better to tell the truth, and that with family you can be yourself.
- Though this has a wonderful message about importance of family, the film may not appeal to kids or teens due to the mature subject matter of complicated adult relationships.
Sexual Content: Moderate
- We see various couples passionately kiss and making out.
- There’s talk of being gay, female body parts and jokes relating to orgasms.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
- It’s implied that a character attempted suicide.
- One character punches another character.
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
- We hear “sh-t,” “h—,” and “d–n.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- We see characters drinking wine, martinis and shots.
Will Teens Like It? No
- Due to the mature subject matter this may not appeal to kids.
Overall Love the Coopers is geared towards adults and may appeal to older teenagers.
The Peanuts Movie-Kids Movie Review
Charlie Brown is not a quitter, and life isn’t always easy for Charlie; especially when he’s trying to impress the Red-Haired Girl who moves into his neighborhood. As Charlie continually tries to woo her, things don’t always go his way. However, he keeps hoping and never gives up. We see how “Good ol’ Charlie Brown” handles his ups and downs, while always doing the right thing! The Peanuts Movie is a wonderful feel good family flick!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: March 8, 2016
MPAA Rating: G
Best Age Group: 5+
Sexual Content: None
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
- Charlie Brown may have his goofy mishaps but he never gives up….great parent/child conversation.
- He’s a good friend, and brother. We see him help his sister as she’s in a embarrassing situation. He puts aside his own plans to help her out. It’s noted that he’s kind, compassionate, brave and funny.
- The Peanuts Movie does a great job of representing the Peanuts comic strips and TV show. The voices are perfect.
Sexual Content: None
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
- There is some silly slapstick violence throughout the film. Charlie stumbles, slips on a wet floor, gets tied up by a kite, and much more.
- In Snoopy’s fantasy world we see him pursue his nemesis, The Red Baron, as a WWI pilot.
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
- Name calling, “blockhead” is said a few times.
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Kids Like It? Yes
- Kids of all ages were at the theater grinning from ear to ear and sitting at the edge of their seats.
Overall this is a perfect animated film for young kids. Parents who grew up Charlie Brown will love it as well.
Goosebumps-Kids’ Movie Review
Moving to a new city can be difficult, especially for a teenage boy whose father had just passed away. Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) is upset about moving from New York City to a small town in Delaware. Though things quickly change when Zach meets his beautiful new neighbor, Hannah (Odeya Rush). Zach discovers that Hannah’s father is R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling “Goosebumps” series. Things get exciting when Zach accidentally releases the monsters from R. L. Stine’s novels. Now Zach’s boring small town becomes an adventurous city. Goosebumps is a thrilling Halloween film, especially for pre-teens.
Rating: 4 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: January 26, 2016
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 10+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
R. L. Stine, known as the “Stephen King of children’s literature,” is an author that kids and tweens are very familiar with. Goosebumps is a creative film, one that will most likely appeal to Stine’s fans. Parents need to be aware of the violent parts that will scare young kids.
Sexual Content: Mild
- A teenage couple kiss.
- Innocent flirting.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
- The first monster to escape is the Abominable Snowman. He destroys an ice rink’s scoreboard, a Zamboni and a vending machine. He chases some teenagers as well.
- We see close-up of snarling werewolves, which may scare youngsters.
- A werewolf chases a group of teenagers through a grocery store.
- A praying mantis grabs a boy through a school window. Later we see him in a neck brace.
- Humans fight with ceramic gnomes, smashing them to the ground.
- A monster closes a typewriter case on Stine’s finger, breaking most of them.
- Aliens freeze most of the townspeople.
- We see a group of half-decomposed zombies at a cemetery.
- A group of monsters attend a high school dance, scaring the students.
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
- “H—,” said once.
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Kids like it? Yes
Overall this is a fun, though scary, Halloween film. Great for tweens who like scary movies.
Goosebumps-Kids’ Movie Review
Hotel Transylvania 2-Kids’ Movie Review
Dracula (voice of Adam Sandler) finally decided that humans should be invited to stay at Hotel Transylavia, and his business is booming. However, he is worried because his half-human grandson, Dennis, doesn’t have any vampire traits…not even fangs. So when Dracula babysits Dennis for a weekend, he gathers his monster friends and they put the boy through a “monster-in-training” boot camp. Now the action begins as Dennis tries to become a vampire while Dracula gets some unexpected visitors. Hotel Transylvania 2 is an entertaining film for the whole family.
Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5
Release Date: January 12, 2016
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 5 +
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Teens Like It? Yes
Sexual Content: Mild
- A joke is made about “grandma’s boobies.”
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
- Dracula sings a lullaby to his grandson….”Suffer, Suffer Scream in Pain.”
- Dracula throws his son off a high platform, assuming he can fly. Dracula saves his son before he lands to the ground.
- Frankenstein pulls his head off to take a selfie.
- Frankenstein falls into a bonfire and sets a whole camp on fire.
- There are creepy looking monsters that may scare young kids.
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Kids Like It? Yes
- I interviewed kids ages 4 to 8 who all loved the movie. They weren’t frightened by some of the violence or scary monsters.
Over Hotel Transylvania 2 is an entertaining animated film appropriate for kids ages 5 and up.
The Intern-Teen Movie Review
The first day at a new can job can be challenging, especially for a 70 year-0ld man who’s been retired. Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) is a widower who worked for 40 years manufacturing phone books. He was always known as a dedicated and hard worker. However, after Ben’s retirement he felt he needed more in life; he wasn’t content with his leisurely lifestyle. Eventually, Ben got the opportunity to be a “senior intern” at an online fashion site, and his life dramatically changes. He becomes the younger co-workers role model, and develops a special bond with Jules (Anne Hatahway), the boss and founder of the company. The Intern is a funny and heartwarming, adult oriented, film.
Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: January 19, 2016
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 16+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: None
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Teens Like It? No
Sexual Content: Mild
- It’s noted that Ben is unexpectedly aroused by a co-worker.
- The film implies that Ben and a co-worker sleep together, though we don’t see anything.
- A character has an extramarital affair, we see the couple kiss.
Violent/Disturbing Content: None
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- The f-word is said once. We also hear “b—ch” and “a—” a few times each.
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
- We see characters drinking beer, wine and vodka. Also characters are shown doing shots at a bar.
- Jules eventually gets drunk and vomits into a trash can.
Will Teens Like It? No
- The Intern is a great movie for adults. Due to the subject matter of a “senior intern,” kids may get bored.
Overall this is a very appropriate film, however, as I previously mentioned kids/teens may get bored.