Countdown-Kids’ Movie Review
“What if an app could tell you how long before you die?” When a group of teens are at a party having fun while playing drinking games they stumble across an interesting app called Countdown. This app predicts when the user is going to die. The film highlights the life of Quinn Harris (Elizabeth Lail), a nurse who has the disturbing app, and she finds out that she’s going to die in a few days. When Quinn buys a new phone she meets a guy named Matt who also has a short lifespan. Quinn and Matt, along with a tech nerd and a priest, try to beat the powerful curse behind the app.
Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: October 24, 2019
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
Sexual Content: Mild
- A couple kiss and sleep in the same bed together.
- We see a female character lifting her shirt up and then starts undoing a man’s pants.
- A teen girl is caught in her closet with her shirtless boyfriend.
- A male doctor aggressively tries to kiss a female co-worker.
- Flirting.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
- There are creepy monsters.
- Several characters die.
- We see bloody wounds and dead bodies.
- A woman hits a man with a crowbar.
- A girl is thrown threw a glass window and injured from the glass.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- We hear the f-word once. We also hear “sh-t,” “bitch,” “sons of bitches,” “hell,” “a–hole,” “damn,” and “godddamn,”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
- A teenage boy drives home drunk from a party and crashes his car into a tree.
- We see adults drinking beers in a bar.
- Teens play drinking games at a party.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall this is a suspenseful drama. Depending on the child, this is appropriate for kids ages 13 and up. Parents need to be aware of the excessive violence and disturbing content.
