The Lazarus Effect-Teen Movie Review
The Lazarus Effect follows a group of medical students who are doing research… not to cure cancer or other life threatening diseases, but to bring back the dead. Initially they revive a deceased dog, however when they decide to resurrect a human, things don’t go so well. The woman comes back to life, but not the sweet person she once was. Now the students must figure out how to handle the consequences of a project they should never have begun.
Rating: 3 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: June 16, 2015
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:
- Several of the medical students realize that trying to play God…isn’t the right thing to do.
- The film is named after the Bible’s Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead. This could spark an interesting parent/child conversation.
Sexual Content: Mild
- Character’s are shown kissing.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive
- We see large needles injected into human heads and animal heads.
- A character is crushed to death in a metal cabinet.
- A woman kills someone by grabbing their head and squeezing it.
- Someone dies by choking on an e-cigarette.
- A woman is electrocuted, we see burns and welts on her ring finger.
Crude and Profane Language: Moderate
- We hear the f-word. Also, “sh-t,” “a–,” “h–,” “d–n,” and “b–ch.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- We see character’s smoking regular and e-cigarettes.
- Characters are shown drinking wine.
Will it Appeal to Most Kids? Yes
- I interviewed some pre-teens after the film, they love horror films so of course they liked this movie. However they were hoping it would be scarier.
The Lazarus Effect-Teen Movie Review
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