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Posted on May 26, 2005 at 7:50 pm
A-
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Frequent use of the f-word, some other strong language used around and by teenagers and children |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Brief sexual humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drug reference in song |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
References to suicide attempts, some tense scenes |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
As adorable as Jack Black’s fictional portrayal was, there is something inherently disturbing about the idea of a real life School of Rock for 9-17-year-olds. Of course there is the problem of the music itself, loud, profane, and rude, promoting drug use and misogyny. And then there is the problem of the people who love …
Continue reading “Rock School”
Posted on May 26, 2005 at 1:13 pm
A
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Inexplicit reference to sexual encounter that is portrayed as a mistake |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Emotional and tense scenes, reference to suicide |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
This is a story about one summer in the life of four friends, told with sincerity, heart, and a little bit of magic — the very same qualities that made the original book and its sequels a “you have to read this” classic for young girls. Four 16-year-olds, friends since before birth, when their mothers …
Continue reading “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”
Posted on May 25, 2005 at 7:33 pm
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Some strong language, brief very crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations include B&D attire |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
A lot of action violence including shooting, bombs, knives |
| Diversity Issues: |
Strong, capable (lethal) woman character |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Can This Marriage Be Saved? (With apologies to the Ladies’ Home Journal) John’s turn: We got married before we really knew each other. Now I wonder whether we’ll ever know each other. She always seems so controlled and controlling. I told her I didn’t like the drapes, but she doesn’t listen to me. We actually …
Continue reading “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
Posted on May 24, 2005 at 2:41 pm
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Mature High Schooler |
| Profanity: |
Strong language for a PG-13 including the n-word |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some raunchy material for a PG-13, some non-sexual nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking (and drunk driving), smoking, street drugs references and steroid use |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Brutal assaults on and off the field, murder |
| Diversity Issues: |
Diverse characters, references to racism, mildly homophobic humor |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
After a series of interchangeable slacker movies with scripts that felt like two lines scribbled on a pizza box cover and a couple of sensitive performances in movies by A-list directors, Adam Sandler seems to be growing up at last. Instead of the boy-man with the strangled voice, he’s allowing himself to play a competent, …
Continue reading “The Longest Yard”
Posted on May 20, 2005 at 8:41 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
Some crude schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Some potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Tranquilizer hallucination |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Cartoon-style violence, references to predators |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2005 |
Some charming performances and saucy humor cannot save this movie from its surprising insensitivity. Its core question is what happens to best friends in captivity, who, once returned to the wild, realize they are predator and prey. The makers of this film might have had an idea that they were giving the audience an example …
Continue reading “Madagascar”
