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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.
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.
Everything, Everything-Kids’ Movie Review
Maddy Whittier is an adorable teenage girl, though she’s not your average teen. She doesn’t attend the high school football games, she doesn’t play a sport or musical instrument, and she’s never even been to a high school dance. That’s because Maddy is housebound. She has a severe auto-immune disorder. Maddy lives in a beautiful home with her mother and has a nurse taking care of her in the day. However, Maddy’s life completely changes the day Olly Bright moves next door. Olly’s bedroom window is across from Maddy’s and the two manage to communicate through their windows. As Maddy gradually falls for the boy next door, she desperately wants to meet the boy next door…even if it means risking her life. Everything, Everything is based on a young adult novel.
Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: August 15, 2017
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 12+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
Sexual Content: Moderate
- The teenage couple passionately kiss throughout the film.
- The couple escapes to Hawaii. It’s implied that they’ve had a sexual relationship.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
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We see Olly and his father in a fist fight. They have a violent relationship.
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
- We hear “sh-t,” and “h–l.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- In one scene we see Olly’s father drunk.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall, this is a romantic drama which will appeal to pre-teen girls. Parents need to be aware of the sexual content. Appropriate for kids 12 and up.
The Space Between Us-Kids’ Movie Review
Sara Elliot ( Janet Montgomery) is an adventurous woman. She travels with a group of scientists to Mars for a four-year colonizing mission. She is a single woman who is very excited about the opportunity to travel through space. However, Sara discovers that she’s pregnant on her space journey and delivers a beautiful baby boy on Mars. Sadly, Sara dies during childbirth while her son, Gardner (Asa Butterfield), is raised by a group of astronauts and scientists. When Gardner travels to Earth for the first time as a 16 year-old boy he embarks on many adventures as he tries to find his dad. He also meets Tulsa (Britt Robertson), an adorable teenage girl who becomes his true love. The Space Between Us is a romantic sci-film targeted to pre-teens and teens.
Rating: 4 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: May 16, 2017
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 11+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids/ Teens Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
Sexual Content: Mild
- We see a teenage couple kiss. They’re shown in a sleeping bag together with their bare shoulders sticking out of it.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
- A mother dies during childbirth.
- Gardner has surgery; his arm is cut open and a metal tube is inserted.
- Gardner drives a cart recklessly on Mars. He crashes it and disconnects his oxygen tube and almost dies.
- On Earth we see a teen couple stealing cars and driving recklessly.
- Gardner has an enlarged heart when he is on Earth. We see him in painful moments. He has nosebleeds, passes out several times, and almost dies.
- We see a character try to commit suicide, but is rescued.
- A plane crashes and causes a huge explosion, but there are no deaths.
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
- We hear “d–n,” “a–,” and someone says, “stop being a d–k.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
- An adult character is an alcoholic and is shown passed out most of the time.
Will Most Kids/ Teens Like It?
- This will most likely appeal to pre-teens interested in a love story rather than a sci-fi movie.
Overall this is a teen romantic drama. Parents need to be aware of the moderate violence and alcoholic content
Passengers-Kids’ Movie Review
Mechanic Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) is on a 120-year voyage with 5,000 other people. They’re all leaving earth for Homestead II, an earth-like world with “room to grow.” They will be in hibernation, sleeping agelessly and waking when the ship is four months away from it’s final destination. However, there a slight problem. Due to a technical glitch, Jim wakes up 90 years before the ship is due to reach their new world. Living alone for almost a year, Jim gets very lonely. As he continually stares at a beautiful woman named Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence), while she’s in her hibernation pod, he gradually falls in love. Jim discovers that he could try and wake her from her deep sleep. So, after much thought and consideration he selfishly awakens her to have a companion, a friend and a potential true love.
Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: March 14, 2017
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 14+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids/ Teens Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
Sexual Content: Moderate
- There is passion between Jim and Aurora. We see them in several intimate encounters.
- We see the couple in bed together- showing sexual movements. They are covered by the sheets.
- In a cafeteria Aurora crawls over a table to Jim and they start making love right there. Jim’s shirt comes off and then we see the two in bed together; covered by the sheets.
- We see Jim’s bare back side.
- Aurora takes off her dress in front of Jim. She asks him to turn around and he does. We only see her bare shoulders.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
- When the ship begins to fall apart we see Jim and Aurora in comprising situations. Aurora almost dies when the gravity field shuts down while she’s swimming
- We see a pointy object shoot into Aurora’s arm. Blood runs down her arm as she pulls it out.
- A man is shown coughing up blood.
- In a fit of rage, Aurora attacks Jim while he’s sleeping. She kicks and punches him.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- We hear “sh-t,” “b–ch,” “a–,” “h—,” and “d–n.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
- In numerous scenes throughout the film we see Jim and Aurora in the ships bar talking to Arthur, the robot bartender. They drink cosmos, martinis, margarita’s, wine and champagne.
Will Kids/ Teens Like It? Yes
Overall Passengers is an entertaining and suspenseful film. Parents need to be aware moderate inappropriate contents listed above.