Drama
Drama movie reviews
Ant-Man and the Wasp-Kids’ Movie Review
Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) broke the superhero rules and is suffering the consequence. He is under house arrest because he tried to help out Captain America. Meanwhile Scott’s former associates Hope VanDyne/Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) and her father, Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) desperately need Scott to put on his Ant-Man suit and team up with Wasp to protect the world from a new and powerful villain. Ant-Man and the Wasp is Marvel’s sequel to Ant-Man.
Rating: 3 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: October 16 , 2018
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 11+
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
- We see flirting.
- We see a couple kiss.
- We see a male character in the bathtub from his waist up.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
- There is a lot of sci/fi violence. There are crashes, destruction chase scenes and fights!
- Character’s use guns, knives, pots and pans and other weapons.
- Giant ants attack people.
- There are a few disturbing scenes where a mother leaves her daughter and dies.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- “A–,” “sh-t,” “h-ll,” “bulls–t,” and “goddammit.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- We see character’s drinking wine.
- A character drugged and kidnapped.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall this is a fun, action packed superhero film. Parents need to be aware of the action violence, though not as much as the previous Marvel films.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom-Kids’ Movie Review
Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) are back three years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park. When they discover that a volcano is predicted to erupt on the island where the park was located, they return to that island and try and save the remaining dinosaurs. While on their trip they encounter a precarious situation which threatens the world.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: September 18, 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
- A couple kiss passionately.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
- There are a lot of intense and scary scenes throughout the film. Character’s are eaten, dismembered and torn apart by dinosaurs.
- One scene shows a dinosaur attempting to kill a young girl.
- There are bloody fights between the dinosaurs.
- Humans are shown using tranquilizer guns and automatic guns.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- We hear “sh-t,” “h—,” “b–ch,” “d–n, “a–hole, and “b–tard.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- We see characters drinking beer.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
- I interviewed some pre-teens who liked the movie and saw the first as well.
Overall this is an intense, action packed film. Depending on the child this is appropriate for kids ages 13 and up. Younger viewers may be scared of the violent scenes and frightening creatures.
Ocean’s 8- Kids’ Movie Review
She’s been in prison for five years and is planning the biggest jewelry heist in American history! As soon as Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock), who’s Danny Ocean’s younger sister – from the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy, is released from prison she immediately reconnects with her partner in crime, Lou (Cate Blanchett). Debbie’s goal is to steal a Cartier diamond necklace worth $150.00 million from actress Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway). The actress will be wearing the gorgeous necklace at the Met’s annual Costume Gala in Manhattan. Since this will be a difficult crime, Debbie and Lou recruit a group of unique woman to help them, as they meticulously plan to pull off the most audacious heist of the century!
Rating: 4 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: September 11, 2018
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
Sexual Content: Mild
- There is flirting and kissing.
- A woman, who’s wearing lingerie, handcuffs her shirtless partner to the bed and seduces him.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
- A female character threatens her ex with a knife that she uses to tear off a button on his shirt.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- We hear the f-word, “sh-t,” and “a–.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
- Character’s drink beer, mixed drinks, champagne and wine.
- A character smokes pot a couple of times.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall this is a fun and entertaining film which will most likely appeal to pre-teens and teens.
Adrift-Kids’ Movie Review
To be young and carefree…that’s how Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin) live their lives. It’s the summer of 1983 and Tami is in her twenties enjoying a fun job at a local pier in sunny Tahiti. Life is good for Tami and it gets even better when she meets Richard; a very handsome and carefree Englishman. The couple quickly fall in love and talk about sailing around the world together. Then they get an amazing job offer. A wealthy couple pays them $10,000 to deliver a 44-foot yacht to California. It’s a 4,000 mile trip and well worth the money for the adventurous couple. Once they begin their trip, Tami and Richard are having an amazing time until they encounter a massive storm which changes their lives forever. Adrift is a romantic drama based on a true story about two avid sailors.
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: September 4, 2018
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 14+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Kids Like It? No
Talking Points:
- The film features two stars that have been in movies targeted toward young adults (Shailene Woodley in the Divergent Series and Big Little Lies, and Sam Claflin, in The Hunger Games and Me Before You).
Sexual Content: Moderate
- Tami is shown laying on her back naked. We see her full frontal view, though not shown very clearly.
- There’s brief talk of the couple having sex.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
- We see Richard’s injured leg which is very gory and eventually turns gangrenous.
- Tami has an open head wound. We see her stitching the wound together.
- There are very violent and disturbing storm scenes throughout the film.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- We hear “f–k,” “s–t,” “hell,” and “damn.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- Tami is shown smoking pot and a cigar.
- We see character’s drinking beer and wine.
Will Kids Like It? No
- The film is slow in parts but the storm scenes are very uncomfortable.
Overall this is an intense drama with several uncomfortable scenes which will most likely frighten kids.
Deadpool 2-Kids’ Movie Review
Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is back as Deadpool; a disfigured man with superpowers. In this sequel Wade/Deadpool suffers from the loss of a loved one. He eventually decides to help a troubled young boy who’s been abused his whole life, and who is also wanted by an evil time-traveling mutant named Cable (Josh Brolin). Wade/Deadpool realizes that he’ll need some help to take on the evil villain so he brings together a group of fellow mutants and they try to save the young boys’ life.
Rating: 2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: August 21, 2018
MPAA Rating: R
Best Age Group: 17+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Excessive
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
- There are a lot of pop-culture references that may go over some pre-teens’ and teens’ heads.
- The film highlights the importance of helping other and being selfless.
Sexual Content: Moderate
- We briefly see Wade’s baby genitals. In this scene his legs/pelvic are regrowing.
- Wade and his wife are shown passionately kissing.
- There are some sexual references and flirting.
- We briefly see a character’s IUD.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
- There is a lot a graphic violence throughout the film. Characters are decapitated, tortured and crushed to death. We see limbs cut off and shot off.
- People that are crushed, impaled, run over by trucks, and burned by acidic vomit.
- There are numerous bloody injuries and explosions.
- There is a sad death scene of a main character.
- Children are abused.
Crude or Profane Language: Excessive
- We hear the f-word throughout the film, we also hear “s–t,” a–hole,” a–,” “d–k,” “c–t, “bitch,” and “c–k.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
- We see Wade smoking a cigarette, drinking vodka in a bar, and inhaling cocaine.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
- I interviewed some teenage boys who liked the film and thought it was funny.
Overall this is an entertaining R rated superhero film. Due to the R rating, kids under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. Parents need to be aware of the excessive violence and profane language throughout the film.