I am Number Four-Teen Movie Review

I Am Number Four is based on a young adult novel. This is a story about a teenage boy named Four (Alex Pettyfer). He looks like your average teenage boy, though he’s not. Four is an alien from planet Lorien, who has some supernatural powers. His homeland was destroyed by their enemy, and now they want to destroy the rest of the Loriens; Numbers One through Nine. Well, number One, Two and Three have all been killed, now they’re looking for number Four. After hopping from town to town, trying to escape this evil group, Four and his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant) settle in Paradise, Ohio, where Four gets very comfortable. He enrolls in the school as “John Smith” makes friends with Sam, a science nerd, and meets his first true love, Sarah (Dianna Agron from Glee). The only problem is, his evil enemies are still after him, and he has to decide how to survive without leaving his new home.

Rating: Four out of five buckets
Release Date: May 24, 2011
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 11+
Sexual Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

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Talking Points:

I didn’t think I’d like this Sci-Fi/Fantasy drama, though I was pleasantly surprised. There was a nice love story and some humorous parts, amongst all the action and adventure.

This is a movie that many young teens may want to see because of the familiar actors; such as teenage heartthrob, Alex Pettyfer and Dianna Agron, who plays Quinn from Glee.

It was nice to see that Four (or John) loved his girlfriend’s traditional, charming family. He liked the idea of a family. They had family dinners, played games; something John never had as an alien.

Sexual Content: Mild for a PG13 movie.

We see girls in bikinis.
Passionate kissing, but that’s about it.

Violent Content: Excessive

The opening scene shows the evil aliens, who are very scary looking. They are covered in tattoos, with bald heads and human looking faces. We see them stabbing people, shooting them and beating them up. Their pets are evil, scary creatures that fight as well. This may scare kids. Two teenage girls in front of me were scared and jittery throughout the movie.

Profanity: Moderate, but fine for a PG13 movie.

Overall this is a movie that will entertain teens that love Sci/Fi action movies. I read that, “I Am Number Four knows that it’s target audience-young teens-is far more interested in aliens, explosions and shirtless hunks than any sort of profound lessons on the nature of maturity. Think of it as Twilight meets Independence Day.” That sums it up, a movie for teens, with no redeeming lessons, but an escape from reality.

When I interviewed teenage girls after the movie they said they liked the movie because of Alex Pettyfer, and that’s why they saw it. Boys liked the action scenes!

This movie Appropriate for preteens and teens that like sci-fi/fantasy, action/adventure movies.

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