Project Almanac-Kids Movie Review

Teenagers tend to have their “dream school” – the college they’ve always wanted to attend. David Raskin ( Jonny Weston), a seventeen year high school senior, plans to attend MIT, and hopes to get a scholarship to help pay for tuition. So when David stumbles across a time machine that his deceased father had developed, he’s convinced that this technological device will win him a grant to MIT. David recruits a group of friends to get this machine going…which they do. Initially things are great, they go back in time to make their lives better, however they eventually come to realize that messing with the space-time continuum can be a very dangerous thing. Now the teens must figure out how to correct the damage they’ve done, and continue their lives as normal high school seniors… still hoping to attend their dream college.

Rating: 3 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: June 9, 2015
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 12+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Excessive
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids Like It? Yes

Talking Points:

David’s purpose to start the time machine was that he wanted to talk to his deceased father again, and save him from the car accident that took his life. As the teens mess up the space-time continuum, David eventually realizes his huge mistake and tries to correct it.

The action scenes were shown through a video camera, which was very annoying.

Pre-teens and young teens will most likely enjoy the action and adventure of the film while adults may want to stay home.

Sexual: Moderate

Two teenagers (David and Jessie) are shown kissing in David’s bedroom, Jessie is naked, though wrapped in a towel. David asks her to open the towel, hoping to see her naked…and she does. The two get in bed together, it’s implied they’ve had a sexual encounter, though we don’t see anything.

There’s sexual talk about masturbation, lesbians and high school infidelity.

Girls are shown wearing skimpy bath suits, short shorts and many show cleavage.

Violent: Mild

A boy gets hit by a car.

We see clips of a fatal plane crash.

Crude or Profane Language: Excessive

The f-word is said once. We also hear “a—,” “b—ch,” “d—n, “ h—-” throughout the film.

Drug and Alcohol: Moderate

We see teenagers drinking out of brown bottles (which look like beer bottles) and also red Solo cups.

Will Kids Like It? Yes

I interviewed two 12 year old girls that loved the film, they thought it was fun and entertaining.

Overall this is a film that pre-teens will most likely enjoy. Parents need to be aware of the sexual content and excessive profane language.