Night School-Kids’ Movie Reviews

The things we do for love…even sneaking off to night school! That’s what Teddy Walker (Kevin Hart) does when he loses his sales job. He discovers that if he gets his G.E.D. he has a chance for a great career opportunity. After all, his fiancée is the girl of his dreams and he doesn’t want her to know that he never graduated from high school, so he secretly attends night school. Now Teddy, a group of misfit students, an energetic teacher, and a principal who was Teddy’s former high school nemesis, makes Teddy’s school experience very interesting. Night School is written and produced by Kevin Hart.

Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: January 1, 2019
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Excessive
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will Kids Like It? Yes

Talking Points:

Sexual Content: Moderate

• Female characters wear revealing shirts.
• Conversations regarding anal sex, pubic hair, sexually transmitted diseases, sex in a hotel room, condoms, sperm, porn, and talk of a teenager and a college professor engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct.
• A high school principal turns down a parent’s offer to have sex.

Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate

• There is a lot of slapstick silly violence. An explosion throws a body out of a building.
• A character falls from a high building and is injured.
• We see a woman whip a man with a belt.
• We see a prison fight that shows inmates attacking, punching, and kicking each other.
• A character vomit’s and it spews over another character’s face.

Crude or Profane Language: Excessive

• There is a lot of profane language. To name a some; we hear “f–k,” s–t,” “a–,” “b–ch,” “a–hole, “damn,”  and “h–l.”

Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

• We see character’s drinking champagne.

Will Kids Like It?  Yes

Overall this is an entertaining comedy. Having said that parents need to be aware of the sexual contents and profane language woven throughout the film.

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