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Night School-Kids’ Movie Reviews
The things we do for love…even sneaking off to night school! That’s what Teddy Walker (Kevin Hart) does when he loses his sales job. He discovers that if he gets his G.E.D. he has a chance for a great career opportunity. After all, his fiancée is the girl of his dreams and he doesn’t want her to know that he never graduated from high school, so he secretly attends night school. Now Teddy, a group of misfit students, an energetic teacher, and a principal who was Teddy’s former high school nemesis, makes Teddy’s school experience very interesting. Night School is written and produced by Kevin Hart.
Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: January 1, 2019
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Excessive
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
Sexual Content: Moderate
- Female characters wear revealing shirts.
- Conversations regarding anal sex, pubic hair, sexually transmitted diseases, sex in a hotel room, condoms, sperm, porn, and talk of a teenager and a college professor engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct.
- A high school principal turns down a parent’s offer to have sex.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
- There is a lot of slapstick silly violence. An explosion throws a body out of a building.
- A character falls from a high building and is injured.
- We see a woman whip a man with a belt.
- We see a prison fight that shows inmates attacking, punching, and kicking each other.
- A character vomit’s and it spews over another character’s face.
Crude or Profane Language: Excessive
- There is a lot of profane language. To name a some; we hear “f–k,” s–t,” “a–,” “b–ch,” “a–hole, “damn,” and “h–l.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- We see character’s drinking champagne.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall this is an entertaining comedy. Having said that parents need to be aware of the sexual contents and profane language woven throughout the film.
Crazy Rich Asians-Kids’ Movie Review
Singapore for spring break sounds like a wonderful getaway for Rachel Chu (Constance Wu). Rachel is a Chinese-American economics professor at New York University. Her life dramatically changes the day her handsome boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), invites her to Singapore to attend a wedding and meet his family. Rachel quickly realizes that her sweet, ordinary boyfriend comes from an extremely wealthy family. She is shocked as Nick lives a humble life in a small New York apartment; he even uses her Netflix password. In Singapore, Rachel has to figure out how to deal with Nick’s jealous ex-girlfriends, his controlling mother, and the crazy, rich, Asian culture that she knows nothing about. Crazy Rich Asians is based on the best selling novel… Crazy Rich Asians.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: November 20 , 2018
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
Sexual Content: Moderate
- Passionate kissing.
- We see a couple making out. The man puts his hand on the woman’s breast and thighs.
- Infidelity within a marriage is discussed.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
- At a bachelorette party a group of women put a large, dead, bloody fish in Rachel’s bed; hoping that she’ll leave Nick.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- We hear “f–k,” “s–t,” “a–hole, “hells,” “d–n,” “a–hole.
- We see “b–ch,” written on a bedroom wall.
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
- Characters are shown drinking champagne, beer and cocktails throughout the film.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall this is a fun, entertaining film! Parents need to be aware of the moderate sexual content and profane language.
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.
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.
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.