Escape Room-Kids Movie Review

“Where’s the key?  What’s the four digit code?” These are some typical questions when people go to Escape Rooms. Escape Rooms are meant to be fun, team building, puzzle solving activities. The goal is to escape from a locked room through various questions while trying to crack the code. However, in the film Escape Room, it’s not a fun experience at all. In fact, the six strangers that enter the rooms all encounter dangerous situations from an extremely hot room to an upside-down pool hall. Some of the people in the group include an extremely intelligent college student, an Iraq vet, a grocery store employee who likes to party, and a stockbroker.  They’re all very different people, but they must all unite and work together to survive and escape from the outrageously dangerous Escape Rooms.

Rating:  3. 5 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: April 23, 2019
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

• There are a couple of sexual innuendos.

Violent/Disturbing Content:

• Characters are trapped in various rooms, and in peril throughout the film.
• Characters are burned, tortured, poisoned, and crippled.
• We see a character trapped under the ice in a lake.
• Character’s are shot to death.

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

• We hear “f–k,” “ass,” “s–t,” “bitch,” “hell,”  and “goddamn,”

Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

• Teenage characters are shown drinking while driving.
• We see characters smoking.

Will Kids Like It? Yes

• I interviewed two teenage boys who loved it.

Overall this is a scary, though entertaining film. Depending on the child, Escape Room is appropriate for kids ages 13 and up.

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