Kids
Turbo-Kids Movie Review
Snails aren’t typically known for their speed, but that never stopped a misfit snail named Turbo. Turbo’s (voice of Ryan Reynold) life long dream was to race at the Indy 500, though an unrealistic goal. However, with hard work, perseverance, and an unexpected freak accident, Turbo’s dream was becoming a reality and a chance to race in one of the most prestigious motorsports in the world…The Indy 500. Turbo is a wonderful animated, suspenseful film for kids of all ages.
Rating: 5 out of 5 buckets.
Release Date: November 12, 2013
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 5+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will it Appeal to Kids? Yes
Talking Points:
Follow your dreams, never give up, and persevere; these positive messages are woven throughout the film…great parent/ child conversation!
Sexual Content: Mild
- A female racing snail flirts with Chet. She also makes reference to her “booty, ” (her shell).
Violent Content: Mild
- Crows snatch the snails and take them away. It’s implied that the snails will be eaten.
- An upset elderly woman attacks a man by hitting and kicking him.
- There is a big car crash at the Indy 500.
- During a race, a race car driver tries to hit Theo.
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
- We see character’s drinking out of brown bottles labeled, “lager.”
Will it Appeal to Kids? Yes
Overall Turbo is a wonderful film for kids. With the wonderful messages, action and suspense; most youngsters will enjoy this film.
Despicable Me 2-Kids Movie Reviews
Gru (voice of Steve Carell), his three adopted daughters, and the beloved minions are back in this sequel to the popular 2010 movie Despicable Me. Now we see Gru as a loving father, not the evildoer who wanted to steal the moon. However, problems occur when Gru is asked to track down an evil felon. Initially he’s not sure he wants to fight crime, though when partnered with the beautiful agent Lucy Wilde (voice of Kristen Wiig) he changes his mind; after all his girls have been wanted him to date more. Despicable Me 2 is a wonderful animated film for the whole family.
Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: December 10, 2013
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 5+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will it Appeal to Kids? Yes
Talking Points:
There are endearing messages about the value of family. Gru was once a mean, unhappy man, but with the adoption of his 3 daughters, he turned into a caring and loving father.
Despicable Me 2 is very entertaining; it has a great storyline, fun music and interesting characters. It will appeal to young kids as well as pre-teens and even teenagers.
Sexual Content: Mild
- Gru and Lucy kiss.
Violent Content: Moderate
- There is a lot of slapstick violence with characters bonking heads, zapping each other, and stumbling into one another.
- Minions hit each other with clubs and mace.
- A rabbit turns into a large monster and attacks a lab technician.
- A group of minions were given a drug, they also turned into monsters running all over the place.
Crude or Profane Language:Mild
- Potty words are said such as; “poop,” and “butt.”
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
- A character is knocked out from a “moose tranquilizer” dart.
- A character drinks tequila spiked with snake venom.
Will it Appeal to Kids? Yes
Over Despicable Me 2 is a fun, entertaining movie for kids of all ages, parents will like it too!
Epic- Kids Movie Review
Mary Katherine, also know as M.K. (voice of Amanda Seyfried), wanted a “normal dad.” Since her parents were divorced, and her mom had recently passed away, she needed the guidance and stability of her father. The only problem was, her father was very preoccupied. He was obsessed with the idea that there was a kingdom of tiny people living in the forest behind his house. He had dozens of cameras throughout the area; he was so determined to find the little creatures, that was his goal in life. Continue reading
Wreck it Ralph-Kids Movie Review
Living in an arcade video game isn’t that easy; the characters have their own problems and concerns. Like Ralph, he is so tired of hearing about all the wonderful things regarding Fix-It-Felix. Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) has the tough job, he’s supposed to break windows and buildings and tear them down, while Felix makes them good as new. Felix lives in a beautiful building, he’s a hero and he has many friends, while Ralph lives in garbage and has nothing!! Ralph wants to be the hero, and he eventually discovers how to do. He jumps into another game, something they’re told not to do, and that’s when the trouble begins. Wreck It Ralph is a wonderful animated Disney film.
Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: November 2, 2012
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 5+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
Deep inside Ralph is a good guy, though he’s very large and quick tempered, he truly wants to have friends and does not want to be the villain. His friend Vanellope wants to be part of the friendships too. She’s seen as the game “glitch” and doesn’t like it.
There are nice messages of friendship and love portrayed throughout the film.
The film features old video games, which will not only entertain kids, but adults as well.
There’s some potty humor. For example, Vanellope invents the word “vurp,” a cross between a burp and vomiting. Kids in the theater thought that was funny.
Sexual Content: Mild
- Character’s kiss.
Violent Content: Moderate
- Creatures, known as Cy-bugs, are shot.
- There’s a rule that characters will die if they’re obliterated outside their own games.
- Character’s hit each other in the face. One character get bruises and a black eye, and loses some teeth.
- A villain rips a zombie’s heart out.
- A group of bully girls break Vanellope’s car before a race.
- Cops hit Ralph with their clubs.
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
- One character is shown drinking a cocktail.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall this is a fun entertaining movie for the whole family!
Where the Wild Things Are-Kids Movie Review
The movie is based on Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s book. It’s a story about a rambunctious but lonely boy named Max. After a series of uncomfortable conflicts Max runs away, boards a small boat, and sails into the ocean to an island with a mysterious forest, and that’s where we meet 7 enormous, wild creatures.
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Rating: One out of five buckets
Release Date: March 2, 2010
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 18+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
Talking Points:
The movie will spark conversations with kids about family relationships.
I enjoyed the music.
While it’s a children’s book, the movie is not for children. The subject matter is way too emotionally involved for kids. Max is a very lonely, sensitive boy looking for attention. The Warner’s Bros. President said, “I would say it’s a movie for adults first and for a certain kind of child second. It doesn’t completely fit your expectation of a pure family film”.
It’s a very depressing movie, when Max is named king of his forest one of the creatures say’s “Will you keep out all the sadness?’ Even the creatures have relationship issues and psychosis, which is fine, but not for a children’s movie. These psychosis and relationship issues create conflict and a kind of evil danger that a small child should not face (either Max or the children viewing the movie).
Max is very disrespectful to his mother, in the movie he yelled, “woman, feed me,” then he bites her shoulder while throwing a temper tantrum.
At one point Max hides in one of the creatures stomachs, and then he comes out of the creatures mouth all slimy and wet.
The previews are misleading, they make the movie look like a light hearted kid’s movie, which it’s not.
Sexual Content: Mild
- Characters kiss.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
In science class the teacher says that the sun will die on day, but that the human race will already have been wiped out by natural disaster and/or disease, well before the sun dies. This may concern kids, and once again, why is this in a children’s movie?
Sendak, the author and one of the producers told the director “Make the story your own, make it personal, make it dangerous.”
Profane or Crude Language: Mild
- The d-word and h-word were used a few times.
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
- Characters drink wine.
The book, “Where the Wild Things Are,” was my husband’s favorite book as a kid, which then became my kids favorite book. The movie was very disappointing to all of us. Parents should take the PG rating seriously. I give it 1/2 bucket!